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Game Laws in Brief 

Laws of the United States and Canada 

RELATING TO 

GAME AND FISH SEASONS. 

For the Guidance of Sportsmen and Anglers, 
compiled 25y 

CHARLES B. REYNOLDS. 
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Editor c^ Forest and Stream. 




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346 Broadway, New York. 



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THE GAME LAWS IN BRIEF. 

PURPOSE. — The purpose of the »' Game Laws in Brief* is to 
give the provisions w^hich relate to seasons for fish and game, 
the limitations as to size or number, transportation, non= 
resident requirements, and other restrictions, for the practical 
guidance of sportsmen and anglers as to shooting and fishing. 

Method. — The sections are printed in abstract; but better to insure 
accuracy, the language is that of the original. Thus, the District of 
Columbia woodcock law is abstracted as indicated by italics : 

Woodcock. — Sec. 3. That no person shall kill [or expose for sale, or have in his 

or her possession, either dead or alive] any 7voodcock, bct7vcen the \st day of February 
and the \st day of July [under a penalty of five dollars for each bird so killed or in 
possession]. 

''Kill " or **catch," or other term used, takes the place of the more 
comprehensive formula of the statute — "catch, kill, injure or destroy, 
or pursue with such intent," etc. 

The laws are general in their application. Numerous local 
laws obtain in certain of the States. 

The date of enactment given is of the original statute, but the text 
is given here as amended to date named on last page facing back cover. 

If no close season is named for a species the law prescribes none. 

Penalties, prosecutions, duties of officers, jurisdiction of courts, 
etc , are omitted as outside the purpose of this work. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

Possession or sale or transportation is always unlawful in 
the season when it is unlawful to capture game or fish; except that 
after the open killing season closes some States allow from three days 
to one month for the sale of game. 

Netting game fish or catching or killing them by drugs, ex- 
plosives, dams, or by any mode other than angling with hook and line, 
is forbidden. 

Birds other than game (except of prey) are protected at all times. 

Netting or snaring game birds, or killing by any mode other 
than shooting is forbidden. 

Nests and eggs of all birds (except of prey) are protected. 

Night shooting is generally prohibited. 

Wild pigeons are protected in a number of States. 

Copyright, i8q6i by Fores, and Sti-eam Publishing Co. 



The Game Laws in Brief. 



CAUTION. 



Always consult the index on last white page 
(facing inside back cover). 

This edition is revised to the date of the 
Index printed on last page. Any change in a 
law, as it is printed in the body of the book, 
will be noted in index. 

Always consult the index. 



REWARDS FOR ERRORS. 

The first qualities demanded of a compendium of laws are accuracy and complete- 
ness. The preparation of this work has involved an examination of more than 800 
distinct original and amendatory acts, scattered through multitudinous volumes of the 
compiled statutes and session laws of the fifty-nine States, Territories and Provinces 
here represented. The labor of compilation has been largely increased by the often 
careless and sometimes seemingly contradictory nature of the legislation. The Brief 
as it appears to-day is the result of a painstaking and conscientious endeavor to furnish 
an accurate and reliable compendium. 

The Game Laws hi Brief x"!, believed to be correct and complete within the condi- 
tions printed on Page 2. I will reward any person first advising me of an error that 
may be discovered, as follows: 

For the first notice of an instance where the law quoted in the Brief, prescribing 
game and fish seasons of any State or Territory, is not the general law in force at the 
time of this revision, I will give $5. 

For first notice of an erroneous statement of a game or fish season in any State or 
Territory, or of an omission of a prescribed season, I will give $1. 

These offers relate to general, not local, laws, and to recognized game and fish 
(not, for example, to the Connecticut bobolink, rice bird and robin season). 

CHARLES B. REYNOLDS. 
Office of Forest and Stream, New York. -' 



The Game Laws in Brief. — Massachusetts. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 

Pinnated Grouse, Ruffed Grouse, Partridge, Quail, Woodcock, Wildfowl. — 

Chap. 205, Laws 1894. — Sec. i. Whoever kills a pinnated grouse at any time, or a 
woodcock, or a ruffed grouse, commonly called a partridge, between the ist day of 
January and the 15th day of September, or a quail between the ist day of January 
and the 15th day of October, or a wood or summer duck, black duck or teal, or any 
of the so-called duck species, between the 15th day of April and the 1st day of Sep- 
tember, shall be punished by a fine of twenty dollars. 

Quail. — Chap. 102, Laws 1894 [approved March 14]. — Whoever during the year 
eighteen hundred and ninety-four takes or kills a quail in this Commonwealth shall be 
punished by a tine of twenty dollars for every bird so taken or killed. 

Plover, Snipe, Sandpiper, Rail, Shore, Marsh or Beach Birds, Wild 
Pigeon — Chap. 276, Laws '86. — Sec. 2. Whoever takes a plover, snipe, sandpiper, 
rail or any of the so-called shore, marsh or beach birds, between the 1st day of May 
and the 15th day of July, or a wild or passenger pigeon, or a gull, or a tern, between 
the 1st day of May and the ist day of October, shall be punished by a fine of ten 
dollars, 

Wildfo-wl. — Chap, 102, Laws 1892. — Sec. 2. Whoever pursues any wildfowl with 
or by aid of a boat propelled by steam or by naphtha, or by aid of a boat or vessel 
propelled by any mechanical means other than sails, oars or paddles, shall be punished. 
Chap. 142, Laws 1891. — Sec. 6. Whoever kills any wildfowl or any of the so-called 
shore, marsh or beach birds with a swivel or pivot gun, or by the use of a torch, jack 
or artificial light, shall be punished. 

Export of Game. — Chap. 249, Laws 1890. — Sec. 2. Whoever at anytime takes or 
sends beyond the limits of the Commonwealth any woodcock, quail or ruffed grouse, 
shall be punished by a fine. 

Gray Squirrel, Hare, Rabbit. — Chap. 97, Laws 1894. — Whoever kills a gray 
squirrel, hare or rabbit, between the ist day of March and the 15th day of September, 
shall be punished. 

Deer. — Chap. 169, Laws 1S83. — Sec. i. Whoever hunts or kills a deer within the 
counties of Plymouth or Barnstable shall forfeit one hundred dollars. 

Salmon. — Sec. 45. Whoever * * * takes a salmon between the ist day of 
August and the ist day of May, shall forfeit not less than ten dollars. 

Trout, Land-locked Salmon, Lake Trout. — Chap. 193, Laws 1890. — Sec. i 
[as amended by Chap. 138, Laws 1891]. The time within which any person is for- 
bidden to take a trout, land-locked salmon, or lake trout, shall be between the ist day 
of September and the ist day of April, except in the counties of Berkshire, Franklin 
and Hampshire, where such time shall be between the ist day of August and the ist 
day of April. 

felack Bass. — P. S. Chap. 91. — Sec. 56. [as amended by Act March 10, 1893]. — 
Whoever takes a black bass between the ist day of December and the 1st day of June, 
or at any time, except with naturally or artificially baited hook and hand line, shall 
forfeit for each offense not less than two nor more than twenty dollars; provided, how- 
ever, that this limitation of time shall not be applicable to the Connecticut river or its 
tributaries. 

Introduced Pheasants. — Chap. 55, Laws 1895. — Whoever takes or kills, or has 
in his possession, except for purposes of propagation, any Mongolian, English or 
golden pheasant, at any time within five years from the passage of this act, shall be 
punished by a fine of $20 for every bird so taken, killed or had in possession. 



See index for any changes. 



The Game Laws in Brief. — Nevada. 



NEVADA. 

Song Birds. — Chap. 49, Laws 1893. — Sec. i. It shall be unlawful to kill any 
sparrow, bluejay, martin, thrush, mocking-bird, redbreast, cat-bird, wren, robin, 
meadow-lark or humming-bird, or any song bird, except linnets. 

Game Birds. — Sec. 2 [as amended 1895J. It shall be unlawful, at anytime between 
the 1st day of April of any year and before the 15th day of September following, to 
kill any wild goose, wood-duck, teal, mallard or other ducks, sand-hill crane, brant, 
swan, plover, curlew, snipe and mud hens; and between the 15th day of March and 
15th day of September any partridge, pheasant, woodcock, grouse, quail, bittern or 
yellow-hammer. 

Sage Cock. — Sec. 3 [as amended 1895]. It shall be unlawful to kill, between the 
ist day of March of every year and before the 15th day of July following, any sage 
cock, hen or chicken. 

Big Game. — Sec. 4 [as amended 1S95]. It shall be unlawful to kill, at any time 
after the ist day of January and before the ist day of September of each year, any 
deer, antelope, elk, mountain sheep, goat or caribou. 

Beaver, Otter. — Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to kill any beaver or otter before the 
1st day of April, 1897. 

Scientific Purposes. — Sec, 6. Provided, that nothing in this act shall be so con- 
strued as to prohibit any person taking any bird, fowl or animal mentioned in this act, 
at any time, for scientific purposes. 

Trout, Land-locked Salmon.— Chap. 72, Laws 1891. — Sec. 2 [as amended 1895]. 
It shall not be lawful, between the ist day of October of each year and the ist day of 
June of each year, to catch or kill any river, lake or brook trout, or land-locked sal- 
mon, in any of the streams, rivers, lakes or other waters within this State; provided, 
that the " close season " as to lake trout in all the lakes of this State shall commence 
on the 1st day of January of each year and end on the ist day of May of each year; 
and provided further, that the close season as to the waters of the Humboldt River 
and its tributaries shall commence on the 1st day of November of each year and end 
on the 1st day of June of each year. 

INDIANA. 

Deer. — Revised Statutes, 1881. — Sec. 2105. Whoever, between the ist day of Jan- 
uary and the ist day of October in each year, kills any deer, buck, doe or fawn shall 
be fined. 

Quail, Pheasant, Wild Turkey. — Sec. 2106. Whoever shoots any quails or 
pheasants during the period from the ist day of January in any year to the loth day of 
November, or kills any wild turkey between the 1st day of February and the 1st day 
of November of any year, shall be fined. 

Prairie Chickens. — Sec. 2107. Whoever si ots prairie hens or chickens between 
the ist day of February and the 1st day of September in any year shall be fined. 

Woodcock, Wild Ducks. — Sec, 2109, Whoever kills any woodcock between the 
ist days of January and July of any year, or kills any wild duck between the 15th day 
April and the ist day of September in any year, shall be fined. 

Exportation. — Sec. 2115. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, express 
company or other common carrier, or any other person, to transport or take beyond 
the limits of this State any deer, buck, doe or fawn, any quail, pheasant, wild duck, 
grouse, prairie chicken or woodcock. 

Squirrels. — [Acts 1889, p. 374.] — Any person who shall shoot any squirrels during 
the period from the 20th day of December in any year to the ist day of June in the 
succeeding year shall be fined. 

Fish. - Act approved March 8, 1895. — Sec, i. It shall be unlawful to take any fish 
from any of the lakes of this State between the ist day of April and the 15th day of 
June [except for introduction into other waters]. 

Read pages 2, 3. For any changes see index facing back cover. 



6 The Game Laws in Brief. — District of Columbia, Florida. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Quail. — Act of June 15, 1878. — That no person shall kill any partridge, otherwise 
quail, between the ist day of February and the ist day of November. 

Ruffed Grouse. — Sec. 2. That no person shall kill any pheasant, otherwise rufifed 
grouse, between the ist day of February and the ist day of August. 

Woodcock. — Sec. 3. That no person shall kill any woodcock, between the ist day 
of February and the ist day of July. 

Pinnated Grouse. — Sec. 4. That no person shall kill any prairie chicken, other- 
wise pinnated grouse, between the ist day of February and the ist day of September. 

Snipe, Plover. — Sec. 5. That no person shall kill any snipe, or plover, between 
the ist day of May and the 1st day of September. 

Wildfowl. — Sec. 6. That no person shall kill any wild duck, wild goose, or wild 
brant, between the ist day of April and the 1st day of September. Sec. 12. That 
no person shall at any time kill or shoot at any wild duck, wild goose, or wild brant 
with any other gun than such as are habitually raised at arm's length and fired from 
the shoulder. Sec. 13. That no person shall kill or shoot at any bird or wild fowl 
in the night time. 

Rail, Reed Bird. — Sec. 7. That no person shall kill any water-rail, or ortolan, 
or reed-bird, or rice-bird, between the ist day of February and the ist day of Sep- 
tember. 

Fish. — [There is no prohibition of hook and line fishing at any season.] 



ARKANSAS. 

Deer, Wild Turkey, Pinnated Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Quail, Virginia 
Partridge. — Act of February 23, 1885. Sec. i. That it shall be unlawful to kill 
any wild buck, deer, doe or fawn between the ist day of February and the 1st day of 
August; provided, the citizens of this State shall have the right to kill any wild or 
undomesticated animal upon his premises destroying the crop of any such citizen at 
any season of the year; and it shall also be unlawful to kill any wild turkey between 
the 1st day of May and the 1st day of September; and it shall also be unlawful to 
kill any pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie chicken, between the 1st day of 
February and the 1st day of September, or any quail, sometimes called Virginia par- 
tridge, between the ist day of March and the ist day of October [Yell county close 
seasons: Partridges, quail, March 15-Sept. 15. Wild turkey, April 15-Aug. 15. 
Deer, Feb. i-iVug. i.] 

Exportation.— Act April 12, 1889. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to export any fish or game from this State until April, igoi. 

Fish. — No close seasons. 

Prairie Chickens, — [Act March 24, 1893, forbids killing prairie chickens for a 
period of five years from 1893.] 

Non-Residents.— -Act of 1875 (Mansfield's Digest), Chap. 149.— Secs. 0450-7. 
A tax of $10 is hereby levied upon all non-resident trappers, hunters, seiners or netters 
of fish who may follow trapping, hunting, seining or netting of fish in this State. 
Before any non-resident may be permitted to follow trapping,* hunting, seining or 
netting of fish in this State, he shall procure a license from the county clerk, counter- 
signed by the collector of the county in which he proposes to trap, hunt, seine or net 
fish. [This law is considered to apply only to professional hunters, who follow hunt- 
ing as an occupation, and not to apply to sportsmen who hunt for pleasure. And it has 
been held by the court unconstitutional. — Ed. B)icf^ 

Read pages 2» 3. For any changes see index facing back cover* 



The Game Laws in Brief. — Wyoming. 



WYOMING. 

Chap. g8, Laws 1895. 

Game and Fish may be Taken only for Immediate Use as Food.— Sfx. 6. 

The wanton destruction or the wasting of the game and fish of this State during any 
period of time when the taking or capture of such game or fish is permitted is hereby 
prohibited and declared a misdemeanor; and any person who shall at any time take 
capture or destroy any game or fish in excess of the number or quantity thereof which 
he can immediately use for food purposes shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 

Trout, Land-locked Salmon, Grayling.— Sec. 7. No person shall catch or take 
or have m his possession, from any lake, river or stream of this State, by any means 
whatever, any speckled trout, land-locked salmon, grayling or California trout, during 
the months of November, December, January, February, March, April and May, or 
either of said months in any year. 

. Size of Trout and Bass.— Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful to kill or destroy, or have 
in possession for any purpose at any time, any trout or black bass less than six inches 
in length, taken from any of the waters of this State. 

Birds. — Sec. 12. No person shall kill, net or trap within this State any snipe, green 
shank, tatler, godwit, curlew, avoset, or other wader or plover, nor quail, lark,' whip- 
poorwill, finch, thrush, snow-bird, turkey buzzard, robin or other insectivorous' birds, 
except that partridges, pheasants, prairie chickens, prairie hens or grouse may be shot 
from August 15 to November i of each year, and sage chickens may be shot from 
August I to October 15 of each year. 

Wildfowl.— Sec. 13. No person or persons shall ensnare, net or trap within this 
State any wild duck or wild goose at any time. There shall be established from the 
1st day of September until the ist day of May an open season, in which ducks, brant, 
geese and swans may be shot, killed or taken by means of gun shot; and it shall be 
illegal to kill any of the above-named waterfowl by any other means, or during any 
other period than above specified. 

Big Game. — Sec. 14. It shall be unlawful to pursue, hunt or kill any deer, elk, 
moose, mountain sheep, mountain goat or antelope at any time except during the 
months of September, October and November in each year, during which months the 
males of such animals may be killed or hunted under the conditions and restrictions 
imposed by this section. It shall be unlawful at any time whatever to kill or capture 
any of the above-named animals mentioned in this section by means of any pit, pitfall 
or trap. Any person may, during the period permitted and prescribed in this section, 
pursue, hunt and kill any of the males of the animals mentioned in this section for the 
purpose only of supplying himself with food, but not for speculative purposes or 
wantonly. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any non-resident of this State to 
hunt, kill or pursue any of the male animals permitted by this section to be hunted, 
killed or pursued herein, without first having procured a license therefor so to do from 
a justice of the peace of the county wherein said animals are to be hunted. The jus- 
tices of the peace of this State are hereby authorized and directed to issue such licenses 
upon the payment of $20 for each license, which shall be good in their county. Such 
license shall permit such non-resident to pursue, hunt or kill any of the males of the 
animals mentioned in this section during the months of September, October and 
November of the current year for the purpose of supplying himself or his family with 
food during such period. 

Capturing for Export. — Sec. 15. It shall be unlawfuUat any time to capture or 
pursue, for the purpose of capturing any of the animals mentioned in Sec. 14 of this 
act, of whatever age, for the purpose of selling or tlisposing of the same, or of ship- 
ping the same out of the. State, except by express permission in writing of the State 

Read pages 2, 3. For any changes see index facing back cover. 



8 The Game Laws in Brief. — Wyoming, Missouri. 



game and fish warden, and then only for the purpose of supplying public parks, 
zoological gardens, or places of public amusements. 

Bison, Buffalo, Beaver. — Sec. i6. No person shall kill, wound, ensnare or trap 
any bison or buffalo within the State of Wyoming for a period of ten years from and 
after the approval of this act. No person shall kill or wound, ensnare or trap, any 
beaver or kitten beaver within the State of Wyoming for a period of five years from 
and after the approval of this act. 

Hides, Horns. — Sec. 17. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to pur- 
chase, or obtain by barter, any green, tanned or untanned hide or hides or horns of 
any of the animals mentioned in Sec. 14. 

Transportation. — Sec. 18. It shall be unlawful for any railway, express company, 
stage line or other public carrier, or any of their agents or employees, or other person 
or persons, to receive or have in their possession for transportation any carcass or part 
of carcass, hides, tanned or untanned, or horns, of any of the animals mentioned in 
Sec. 14 of this act. or to transport the same after the passage of this act; except that 
nothing in this act shall prevent shipping or transporting in any manner mounted 
heads or stuffed birds or animals to any point in or out of the State. 

Dogs. — Sec. 20. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to use dogs for the 
purpose of running or coursing deer, antelope, elk or mountain sheep. 

MISSOURI. 

Deer, Birds. — Chap. — , Laws 1S95. — Sec. i. It is hereby declared unlawful to 
kill any deer in the State of Missouri under one year of age. It is further declared 
unlawful to kill any deer of any age between the ist day of January and the ist day of 
October in each year; and for the purpose of preventing the extinction of the species 
it s hereby declared unlawful to kill any doe within five years after the passage of 
this ci- It is further declared unlawful to kill any wild song bird or insectivorous bird 
at ny season of the year, or to disturb, rob or destroy the nests of such birds, or take 
therefrom any egg or eggs. It is further declared unlawful to kill any wild turkey, 
pinnated rouse (commonly called prairie chicken), or rufiled grouse (commonly called 
pheasant or partridge), or any quail (sometimes called Virginia partridge), between 
Jan. I and Nov. i of each year, or any woodcock, turtle dove, meadow lark or plover, 
between Jan. z and Aug. i in each year. And it is further declared unlawful at any 
time or season to catch, take or injure by means of nets, traps, pens or pits or other 
device, any kind of game as herein described, within this State; and every person who 
shall kill any wild duck between the ist day of April and the ist day of October, or 
who shall ensnare, trap or kill by means of any explosive any wild goose or duck, or 
who shall shoot or kill the same between sunset and sunrise by means of gunpowder or 
other explosives of any kind, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Provided, that the 
provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who shall ensnare, trap or net 
wild geese or ducks on his own premises for his own use. 

Non-Residents. — Rev. Stats. — Sec. 3905. If any person, being a non-resident of 
this State, shall kill any deer, fawn, wild turkey, pinnated grouse, ruffed grouse, quail, 
woodcock, goose, brant, duck or snipe, coon, mink, otter, beaver, bear, muskrat or 
other furred animals, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Shipment of Game. — Act of April 8, 1895. — Sec. i. It shall be unlawful, for 
and during the period of five years next succeeding the passage of this act, for any 
person to ship from the county where killed to any other county in the State or to any 
point outside of the State, any quail, pinnated grouse, prairie chickens, deer or turkey. 

Fish. — No restrictions on angling. 

Imported Gan'e. — Act March 11, 1895, protects California valley or mountain 
quail or partridge, Mexican or Texas quail or partridge, of any variety of Messena or 
IVTontezuma to 1900. 

Read pages 2. 3. For any changes see index facing back cover. 

See index for any changes. 



The Game Laws in Brief. — Connecticut, Maine. 



CONNECTICUT. 

Woodcock, Quail, Ruffed Grouse, Partridge, Gray Squirrel. — General 

Statutes. — Sec. 2530. Every person who shall kill any woodcock, quail, ruffed grouse, 
called partridge, or gray squirrel, between the ist day of January and the ist day of 
October * * * shall be fined. 

Sora, Rail. — Sec. 2538. Every person who shall kill any sora, called rail, in the 
counties of New Haven, Fairfield, and Litchfield, between the ist day of January 
and the 20th day of August, and in every other county between the ist day of 
January and the ist day of September, shall be fined. 

Wildfowl. — Sec. 2541. Every person who shall kill any wild duck, goose or 
brant, in May, June, July, or August, or who shall kill any such fowl with any other 
gun than such a one as is commonly raised at arm's length and fired from the 
shoulder, or who shall shoot at any such bird, or other wild fowl from any vessel pro- 
pelled by steam or sails, or from any boat or other structure attached thereto, shall 
be fined. 

Rabbits. — [Use of ferrets on premises of another forbidden.] 

Exportation. — Sec. 2546. No person shall at any time kill any woodcock, ruffed 
grouse, or quail, for the purpose of conveying the same beyond the limits of this State; 
or shall transport, or have in possession with intent to procure the transportation be- 
yond said limits, any of such birds killed within this State. 

Deer. — Chap. 73, Laws 1893. — Sec. i. Any person who shall kill any deer during 
the ten years succeeding Oct. i, 1893, shall be fined. 

Mongolian Pheasant. — Chap. — , Laws 1893. — Ever)- person who shall kill any 
Mongolian or Chinese pheasants for the period of three years from the ist day of 
October, 1893, shall be fined. 

Trout. — Gen. Stats. — Sec. 2498 [as amended 1895]. Every person who shall sell 
or exchange, or offer or expose for sale or exchange, or have in his possession, any 
dead brook trout less than six inches in length, shall be fined. Sec. 2499 Every 
person who shall catch any brook trout except with a hook and line, or shall catch any 
trout except from the ist day of April to the ist day of July, shall be fined. 

Bass. — Chap. 310, Laws 1895. — Sec i. Any person who shall kill any small 
mouth black bass, or any large mouth black bass (commonly known as the Oswego or 
green bass), between the st day of May and the ist day of July, shall be fined ; and 
at no time shall any person be allowed to take any bass except with hook and line. 
Sec 2. This act shall not apply to any person taking such bass from any waters 
owned or leased by him, or to the towns of Canton and Farmington, or West Hill 
Pond in the towns of New Hartford and Barkhamsted ; provided, such bass shall not 
be sold or offered or exposed for sale. 

LOUISIANA. 

Deer. — Act No. 60, Laws of 1877. — Sec. i. That it shall be unlawful to kill any 
wild duck [buck], deer or fawn, between the ist day of March and the 1st day of 
October of each year. 

Wild Turkey.— Sec. 2. That no person shall kill any wild turkey, between th**, 
15th day of April and the ist day of October. 

Quail, Partridge, Pheasant. — Sec. 3. That no person shall kill any quail, par- 
tridge, pheasant, between the ist day of April and the ist day of October in each year. 

Fish. — No close seasons. 



See index for any changes. 



10 The Game Laws in Brief. — Idaho. 



IDAHO. 

Moose, Caribou, Mountain Sheep, Mountain Goat, Elk.— Act March ii, 

1895. — Sec. I. It shall be unlawful to kill any moose, caribou, mountain sheep, 
mountain goat or elk at any time before the ist day of September, 1897, and after 
said I St day of September, 1897, at any time except between the ist day of September 
and the 31st day of December of each year. 

Deer, Antelope. — Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful to kill any deer or antelope except 
between the ist day of September and the 31st day of December of each year; or to 
kill, ensnare or trap any of the animals mentioned in this and the preceding section at 
any time of the year solely for the purpose of buying or selling their carcasses. Pro- 
vided that any of the animals mentioned in this and the preceding section may be 
taken alive, which shall be for scientific purposes only. 

Dogs Forbidden. — Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to hunt or chase with dogs any 
moose, caribou, elk, deer, antelope, mountain sheep or mountain goat; or to own, 
keep or have in possession any dog or dogs for said purpose. 

Mongolian Pheasant. — Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful to kill any Mongolian 
pheasant at any time before the 1st day of August, 1900, and after said ist day of 
August, 1900, at any time except between the ist day of August and the 15th day of 
December of each year. 

Quail. — Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful to kill any quail except between the ist day of 
October and the ist day of December of each year. 

Partridge, Pheasant, Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Sage Hen, Fool Hen.— Sec. 8. 
It shall be unlawful to kill any partridge, pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken, sage hen 
or fool hen, except between the ist day of August and the 15th day of December a 
each year. 

Wildfowl. — Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful to kill any species of wild duck, gocse or 
swan, or to take or destroy their eggs, between the 15th day of April and the I5tb 
day of August of each year. 

Fish. — Sec. 12. It shall be unlawful to catch or kill any species of fish, except 
salmon, salmon trout and sturgeon, in any of the streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs or 
waters lying within the State of Idaho, with any seine or other net, or any spear, weir, 
fence, basket, trap, gill net, net net, otter or any other contrivance, except hook and 
line attached to a pole or held in the hand. Provided that no fish shall be taken by 
any method, except for breeding (and home consumption), between the 1st day of 
November and the 15th day of May of the succeeding year. 

NEBRASKA. 

Imported Pheasants protected at all times. 

Wildfowl.— Compiled Statutes.— Sec. 5666. It shall be unlawful at any time, by 
the use of any swivel, punt gun, big-gun, or any gun other than the common shoulder 
gun, or any punt-boat or sneak boat used for carrying such gun, to kill any wild goose, 
wood duck, teal, canvas-back, blue-bill, or other wild duck. [No close season.] 

Buffalo, Elk, Mountain Sheep, Deer, Antelope, Grouse, Quail, Wild Turkey. 
— Sec. 5667. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill any wild buffalo, elk, moun- 
tain sheep, deer, or antelope, between the 1st day of January and the ist day of 
October; or to kill any grouse between the ist day of January and the 1st day of 
September; or to kill quail or wild turkey between the ist day of January and the 1st 
day of October It shall be unlawful for any person to transport, or ship any such 
animal or bird at any time of the year. 

Fish. — No close seasons. 

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The Game Laws in Brief. — Virginia. ii 



VIRGINIA. 
Code of 1887 as amended 1894. 
Trout.— Sec. 2108 [as amended by Chap. 679, Laws 1894]. It shall be unlawful to 
capture mountain trout between the 15th day of September and the ist day of April, 
or at any time except by angling with hook and line. [California trout protected in 
North, South and Middle forks of Holston River for four years after stocking by U. S. 
Commission.] 

River or Pond Bass.— Sec. 2to8 [as amended by Chapter 679, Laws 1894]. It 
shall be unlawful to capture any river bass (commonly called b'ack bass or black 
perch) or pond bass (commonly called Southern chub) between the 15th day of May 
and the ist day of July. [Chap. 545, Laws 1894, forbids taking any fish in the Shen- 
andoah River or tributaries between April i and May 15.] [For Potomac seepage I2.J 
Deer. — Sec. 2079. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill any deer, or chase 
any deer with dogs, from the ist day of January until the 15th day of August. 

Wild Water-Fowl. —Sec. 2079. It shall be unlawful to kill any wild water fowl 
(except the summer duck), between the ist day of May and the 1st day of September, 
or to kill any wild water fowl, except from the land, at any time during the night; or 
to kill them with a gun which cannot be conveniently raised and fired at arm's length 
from the shoulder without a rest; provided, that wild geese may be killed either during 
the day or night; but in no case shall floating reflectors, lamps or lights of any kind 
be used in shooting them in the night; and nothing in this clause shall apply to the 
wild water fowl called sora. 

Non-Residents Killing Wild Fowl. — Sec. 2075. No person who is not an actual 
resident of this State shall kill any wild fowl in any waters, or on any marshes, islands 
or beaches within the jurisdiction of the State, below the head of tide water. This 
section shall not apply to non-residents killing wild fowl within the jurisdiction of the 
counties of Accomac and Northampton. Sec. 2076. If any person, who is not an 
actual resident of this State, shall, from a skiff, float, or sink boat, or by the aid 
thereof, within the jurisdiction of the counties of Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, 
King George, or Henrico, shoot or kill any wild fowl, either in the night or day-time, 
he shall be fined one hundred dollars. Sec. 2077. No person shall be deemed a resi- 
dent who shall not have resided within the limits of the State twelve months next pre- 

eding the time when the alleged offense was committed. 

WILDFOWL IN ACCOMAC AND NORTHAMPTON.-Act of March 5, 1894. Sec. i. It 
shall not be lawful within the jurisdiction of the counties of Accomac and Northampton to kill any- 
wild water-fowl at any time during the night, or to kill them with a gun which cannot be conveniently- 
raised and fired at arm's lergth from the shoulder without a rest. Non-Residents Killing Wild- 
fowl. —Sec. 2. It shall not be lawful for any person who is not an actual resident of this Stale to shoot 
atj catch or kill any wild fokvl in any waters or on any marshes or beaches within the jurisdiction of the 
said counties of Accomac and Northampton. This section shall not apply to such non-residents as are 
members of the Eastern Shore Game Protective Association, and subject to the charter and by-laws of 
said Association. [Secretary of the E. S. G. P. A. is Mr. T. W. Blackstone, Accomac C. H., Va. 
Initiation fee, $1; annual dues, $1.] 

WILDFOWL IN BACK BAY AND TRIBUTARIES IN PRINCESS ANNE CO.-Act 
Jan. 24. 1894. Forbidden to shoot wildfowl from sunset to sunrise; to leave landing or mooring before 
sunrise for shooting; to leave out decoys, floats, sink-boxes after sunset; to kill wildfowl except from 
land, battery, sink-box, point or blind (except that cripples may be pursued in boats;: to kill wildfowl 
on a Wednesday or a Saturday; to use deck or cabin boats or float houses; to shoot over decoys 
between April i and Oct. 20. A "peler" may be shot in any way after Feb. 1. 

WILDFOWL IN NORTHUMBERLAND.-Chap. 774, Laws 1894. It shall be lawful (for 
citizens of the county and persons who have bought property for gunning purposes) to shoot geese or 
ducks from battery, sjnk-box or skiff, in open season, and with shoulder guns only. 

Marsh Hen, Willet, Gull. — Sec. 2079. It shall be unlawful to kill the marsh hen, 
or take its eggs later in the season than the 20th of June; or kill or destroy the willet 
earlier in the season than the 15th of July; or kill the gull or striker before the ist 
day of September. 

Woodcock. — Sec. 2079. It shall be unlawful to kill woodcock between the ist day 
of April and the ist day of November; * * * except in Alexandria and Fairfax 
counties it shall not be lawful to kill woodcock between the ist day of January and 
the 4th day of July. 



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Pheasants, Wild Turkeys.- Sec. 2079. I' shall be unlawful to kill any pheasants or ruffed 
grouse, or wild turkeys, between the ist day of February and the 15th day of September, in the 
counties west of the Blue Ridge (except Rockbridge) and in Rockbridge and the counties east of the 
blue Ridge (except Prince Edward* between the 15th day of January and the 15th day ol October ; and 
in Prince Edward between the ist day of March and the 15th day of October ; and in Fluvanna between 
the 15th day of February and the 15th day of October. [Does not apply to Amelia, Appomattox, 
Brunswick, Cumberland, Dinwiddle, Greenesvillp, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and Sussex.) 

Partridge, Quail. Chap. 148, Laws 1896.- Sec. i. That it shall be unlawful for any person to kill 
or capture any partridges (or quail) in the State of Virginia for the period of two years. 

Potomac Fishing. — Chap. 627, Laws 1896. Sec. i. That it shall not be lawful for any person 
to catch or kill any black bass, green bass, rock bass, pike (or pickerel), cr wall-eyed pike (commonly 
known as salmon\ in Potomac River between the 15th day of April and the ist day of June of each 
year. Sec. 3. The provisions of this law shall not be applicable below the liitle falls, near Washington. 

COUNTY CLOSE SEASONS. 

Following are special county close seasons on quail or partridge after 1897. Also seasons now in force 
on other game as specified. Pheasant is synonymous with ruffed grouse, hare with rabbit. 

Accomac and Northampton. — Jan. 1 to Nov. 15. Same for hare. Marsh hens always (their eggs 
after June 10). Willet to Aug. 15 (their eggs always). Gull, striker always (their eggs after July 4). 
Woodcock Nov. i to April i. Non-residents may not kill quail without written consent of landowners. 
Albemarle. — Dec. 15 to Nov. i. Pheasant, wild turkey Dec. 15 to Nov. i. Alleghany .—Ti^c. i to 
Oct. I. Pheasant, woodcock, snipe, wild turkey, deer Dec. i to Oct. i. Alexandria. — Yi'Ax^s^z.n. i to 
Oct. 1. Amherst. — Feb. i to Nov. i. Augusta, — Dec. 15 to Oct. 15. Other j^ame same as Alleghany. 
.5aM. Same as Alleghany. Bedford — Y€a. i to Nov. i. Brunswick. — "Y^h. i to Oct. 15. Deer 
Feb. I to Sept. i. Wild turkey March i to Oct. 20. Campbell.— I'o Oct. 15, 1895. Hare the same. 
Caroline. — Feb. i to Nov. i. Mongolian, English pheasant to April i, 1896. Charles City. — Deer 
Jan. 20 to Oct. 20. Charlotte. — Fch. i to Nov. i. Wild turkey same. Clarke. — To Oct. 31, 1895; 
thereafter Dec. 26 to Oct. 30 inclusive. Culpeper.—]3.n. 15 to Nov. i. Pheasant, hare, wild turkey 
same. Deer Dec. 25 to Sept. i. Dinwiddie.—]a.n. 15 to Oct. 15. Wild turkey same. Elizabeth 
City. — To Nov. 15, 1895; thereafter Feb. i to Nov. 15. Rabbit, woodcock same. Essex — Feb. i to 
Nov. I. Wild turkey same. Deer Feb. i to Aug 15. Fair/ax. — Same as Culpeper. Floyd. — Jan. 
15 to Oct. I. Pheasant, wild turkey, March i to Oct. i. Forbidden to export. Franklin —Feb. i to 
Nov. I. Frederick. To Jan. i, 1895; thereafter Jan. i to JSov. i. Wild turkey, pheasant l^eb. i to 
Nov. I. Woodcock Feb. i to July 1. Deer Feb. i to Sept. 15 (dogs forbidden). Hare March 1 to 
Nov. I. Forbidden to "bait" or "blind" wild turkey, or to export game save by sportsmen as baggage. 

Gloucester . — Jan, i to Nov. i. Halifax. — Feb. 15 to Oct. 15. Wild turkey same. Hare, opossum 
Feb. I to Oct. 15. Hanover. — 'i^io.. 15 to Oct. 15. Wild turkey March 15 to Nov. i. Deer Jan. i to 
Aug. 15. Hare Feb. i to Oct. i. Land owners may shoot hares at any time. Henrico. Hare 
same as Hanover, Henry. — Feb. i to Oct. 25. Highland.— Deer Dec. i to Oct. i. Isle of Wight. 
— Feb. 15 to Nov. i. Wild turkey Feb. 15 to Sept. 15. King and Queen.— Y^h. 15 to Oct. 15. Deer 
Feb. I to Sept. 30. Summer duck April 1 to Oct. i. King George. — Jan. 15 to Nov. 15. Woodcock 
Jan. 15 to July I. Mongolian, English pheasant to April i, 1896. King IVilliam. — March i to Nov, 
I. Wild turkey March 15 to Nov. i. Deer Feb. i to Oct. i. Lancaster. — \''e.^<. 1 to Oct. 15. Deer 
same. Eee. — To Feb. 21, i8g6. Wild turkey, pheasant same. Land owners may shoot quail, wild 
turkey and pheasant between Oct. 15 and Jan. 15. Non-residents forbidden to shoot prior to 1899. 
Loudoun.— Jan. i to Oct. 15. Woodcock Jan. i to June 15. Pheasant Jan. i to Oct. 15. Robins May 
I to Feb. 15. Rabbit Jan. i to Oct. 15. Lunenburg. — Jan. i to Oct. 15. Wild turkey same. 

Mathews.— Jan. 1 to Nov. i. Mecklenburg.— Feb. 1 to Nov. i. Wild turkey same. Nansemond. 
— Feb. 15 to Nov. I. Wild turkey Feb. 15 to Sept. 15. Hare March i to Oct. 15. Northampton. — 
Same as Accomac. Northumberland. -Yeh. i to Nov. i. Nottowzy.— Jan. i to Nov. i. Wild 
turkey Feb, i. to Oct. i. Deer Jan. 15 to Aug. 15. Hare Jan. i to Sept. i. Orange.— Yi.ax& Jan 15 
to Oct. 15. Page Deer Oct. i to Dec. i. Pittsylvania. — Jan. i to Dec. i (except by land owner); 
export forbidden except as sportsmen's baggage. Forbidden to kill on snow. Wild turkey Feb. 15 to 
Nov I. Prince George. — Feb. i to Nov. i. Deer Jan. 15 to Sept, i. Wild turkey Feb, 15 to Oct. i. 
Prince William. — Hare Feb. i to Oct. i. Princess Anne. — Deer Feb. 15 to Sept. 15. Pulaski. — 
Feb. I to Nov. i. 

Richmond.— Ytb. i to Oct, 15. Deer same. Roanoke.— To Oct. 15, 1897 Wild turkey, pheasant 
Feb. I to Oct. 15. Deer, hare Jan. i to Oct. i. Rockbridge — To Jan. 15, 1896. Rockingham. — Dec. 
15 to Oct. 15. Pheasant, wild turkey Jan, 15 to Sept. i. Deer Jan. i to Oct. i. Export of game for- 
bidden. Scott. Same as Lee for all game. Shenandoah. — Jan. i to Nov. i. Pheasant, wild turkey 
Feb. I to Nov. i. Woodcock April i to July i. Deer Dec. 15 to Sept. 15. Smyth. — To Feb. 21, 
1896; thereafter Feb. i to Nov i. Pheasants same. Wild turkey March 15 to Nov. 4. Deer to Feb 
4, 1897. Southafnpton. — Yeh. 15 to Nov. i. Wild turkey Feb. 15 to Sept. 15 Spotrsylvania. — Vch. 
1 to Nov. I. Mongolian, English pheasant to April i, 1896. Pheasant, wild turkey Feb. i to Nov. 1. 
Hare Feb. i to Oct. i. Staff^ord.— Y^h. i to Nov. i. Mongolian, English pheasant to April i, 1896. 
Surrey. -Same as Prince George for all game. Tazewell. — Deer to Feb. 4, 1897. Warren.— Dec. 26 
to Oct. 30 inclusive. Washington. — Same as Smyth for all game. Westmoreland. Feb i to Nov i. 
Wild turkey Feb. 15 to Nov, 15. Wythe. — To Nov. i, 1897; thereafter Jan. i to Nov. i. Pheasant 
Feb. I to Sept. i. Wild turkey Jan. 15 to Oct. 15. Deer to Feb. 4, 1897. 



The Game Laws in Brief. — Texas, Illinois. 13 

TEXAS. 

Deer. — Art. 426. It shall be unlawful to kill any wild deer between the 20th day 
of January and the ist day of August. 

Wild Turkey. — Art. 426)^. It shall be unlawful to kill any wild turkey between 
the 15th day of May and the ist day of September. 

Pinnated Grouse, Prairie Chicken. — Art. 427. If any person shall kill any 
pinnated grouse (prairie chickens) in the months of March, April, May, June and July, 
he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Quail, Partridge. — Art. 428. If any person shall kill any quail or partridges in 
the months of April, May, June, July, August and September, he shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Birds of Plume. — Chap. 71, Laws 1891. — Sec. i. That if any person shall wil- 
fully kill any seagull, tern, shearwater, egret, heron or pelican, or shall wilfully take 
from their nests or in any manner destroy any egg or eggs of any seagull, tern, shear- 
water, egret, heron or pelican, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 



ILLINOIS. 

Deer, Wild Turkey, Pinnated Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Ruffed Grouse, 
Quail, Pheasant, Partridge, Woodcock, Squirrel. — Act of May 14, 1879. — Sec. 
I. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to hunt, pursue, kill, trap, 
net or ensnare, or otherwise destroy any wild buck, doe or fawn or wild turkey, 
between the 15th day of January and the ist day of September of each and every year, 
or any pinnated grouse or prairie chicken between the ist day of November and the 
15th day of September of the succeeding year, or any ruflfed grouse, quail, pheasant 
or partridge between the ist day of December and the ist day of October of each 
succeeding year or any year; or any woodcock between the 15th day of September 
and the 15th day of July of each succeeding or any year; or any gray, red, fox or black 
squirrel between the 15th day of December and the ist day of June of each succeeding 
year or any year. 

Water Fowl. — And it shall be unlawful to kill, hunt, destroy, snare, entrap or to 
attempt to kill, hunt, snare, entrap or otherwise destroy any wild goose, duck, brant, 
or other water fowl at any time between the 15th day of April and the 15th day of 
September of any year. And it shall be unlawful to hunt, kill, trap, ensnare or attempt 
to hunt, kill, trap, ensnare or otherwise destroy any wild goose, brant, duck, rail or other 
water fowl between sunset of any day and sunrise of the next succeeding day at any period 
of the year, and it shall further be unlawful, at any time, to hunt, kill, trap or ensnare 
or to attempt to hunt, kill, trap or ensnare or otherwise destroy any wild goose, brant, 
duck, or other water fowl, from any fixed or artificial ambush beyond a natural cover- 
ing of reeds, canes, flags, wild rice or other vegetation above the water of any lake, 
river, bay or inlet or other water-course wholly within this State, or in such part of 
such stream or water-course wholly within this State, or with the aid and use of any 
device commonly called sneak boat, sink box or other device used for the purpose of 
concealment in the open waters of this State; and it shall further be unlawful to 
shoot, kill or destroy, or shoot at any wild goose, duck, brant, or other water fowl 
with a swivel gun, or from any sail boat or steamboat at any time in any part of the 
water of any lake, river, bay or inlet or other water-course. 

Sale, Possession, Transportation. — Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to buy, sell, or have in possession, any of the animals, wild fowl or birds mentioned 
in section one of this act at. any time when the trapping, netting or ensnaring of such 
animals, wild fowl or birds shall be unlawful, which shall have been entrapped, 
netted or ensnared contrary to the provisions of this act; and it shall further be unlaw- 
ful for any person or persons at any time to sell or expose for sale, or to have in his or 

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14 The Game Laws in Brief.— Illinois, Iowa. 



their possession for the purpose of selling, any quail, pinnated grouse or praine 
chicken, ruffed grouse or pheasant, gray, red, fox, or black squirrel or wild turkey, 
that shall have been caught, snared, trapped or killed within the limits of this State; 
and it shall further be unlawful for any person, corporation or carrier to receive for 
transportation, to transport, carry or convey any of the aforesaid quail, pinnated 
grouse, or prairie chicken, ruffed grouse or pheasant, squirrel, or wild turkey, that 
shall have been caught, snared, trapped or killed within the limits of this State, know- 
ing the same to have been sold, or to transport, cairy or convey the same to any place 
where it is to be sold or offered for sale, or to any place outside of this State for any 
purpose. 

Fishing. — Act of May 31, 1887. — Sec. i. That no person shall place or cause 
to be placed or erected any seine, weir, net, fish dam or other obstruction, in or across 
any of the rivers, creeks,' streams, ponds, lakes, sloughs, bayous, or other water or 
water-courses, in such manner as shall obstruct the free passage of fish; and it shall be 
unlawful to take fish, except minnows for bait, with any device other than a hook and 
line, within one-half mile of any dam; it shall be unlawful to kill any fish by use of 
lime, spear, acid, medicinal or chemical compound or explosive; it shall be unlawful 
to catch any fish in or upon any lakes, while such lakes are covered with ice, with any 
device or means from the ist day of December to the ist day of March in each and 
every year. [No other provisions as to seasons.] 

IOWA. 

Pinnated Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Woodcock, Ruffed Grouse, Pheasant, 
Wild Turkey, Quail, Wildfowl, Deer, Elk.— 17th G. A. Chap. 156.— Sec. 2. It 
shall be unlawful to kill any pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, between the ist day of 
December and the ist day of September next following; any woodcock, between the 
1st day of January and the loth day of July; any ruffed grouse or pheasant, wild 
turkey or quail, between the ist day of January and the ist day of October; any wild 
duck, goose, or brant, between the 1st day of May and the 15th day of August; or 
any wild deer, elk or fawn, between the ist day of January and the 1st day of Septem- 
ber. [Swivel gun for wildfowl forbidden.] 

Killing Game for Traffic — Lawful Number. — Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for 
any person to kill for traffic any pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, woodcock, quail, 
ruffed grouse or pheasant; or for any one person to kill during any one-day, more 
than 25 of either kind of said named birds; or to have more than 25 of either kind of 
said named birds in possession at any one time, unless lawfully received for transpor- 
tation. 

Exportation. — Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or cor- 
portation at any time to ship, or carry out of this State any of the birds or animals 
named in section 2 of this act ; but it shall be lawful for any person to ship to any 
person within this State, any game birds named in said section 2, not to exceed one 
dozen in number in any one day; provided, he shall first make an affidavit before 
some person authorized to administer oaths, that said birds have not been unlawfully 
killed, bought, sold, or had in possession, are not being shipped for sale or profit, 
giving the name and post-ofifice address of the person to whom shipped, and the num- 
ber of birds to be so shipped. 

Salmon, Trout, Bass, Pike, Croppies.— Act of April i, 1890.— Sec. 3 [as 
amended 1894]. It shall be unlawful for any person to take from any of the waters of 
the State any salmon or trout between the ist day of November and the ist day of 
April followiiig, or any bass, pike, croppies, or any other game fish between the 1st 
day of April and the 15th day of May following in each year, in any manner whatsoever. 
[An act of 1896 forbids use of "more than two lines with one hook upon each line in 
still-fishing, trolling or otherwise."] 

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The Game Laws in Brief. — North Carolina. 15 



NORTH CAROLINA. 

Mountain Trout.— Code of 1883.— Sec. i 122. It shall be unlawful to catch mountain 
trout by seining at all times. And there shall be no taking of said fish by shooting 
or otherwise between the i6th day of October and the 30th day of December. 

Deer.— Code of 1883.— Sec. 2832 [as amended 1893]. Any person who shall kill 
any deer between the 31st day of December and the ist day of October next thereafter 
ensuing shall pay a penalty of fifty dollars. [There are numerous county and local 
laws.] 

Birds.— Code of 1883.— Sec. 28,34. No person shall kill any partridge, quail, robins, 
lark, mocking-birds or wild turkeys, between the 15th day of March and the ist day of 
November. Any person who shall kill any partridge or quail in Currituck county 
between the ist day of April and the ist day of December shall be guilty of a misde- 
meanor. [There are numerous county and local laws.] 

Exportation of Quail or Partridge. — Sec. 2835. No person shall export or 
transport from the State any quail or partridges, whether dead or alive. 

Hunting Wild Fowl on Sunday, by Night, or with Big Guns. — Sec. 2837. 
No person shall hunt or shoot wild fowl on the Lord's day, commonly called Sunday, 
or on any day of the week after the hour of sunset and before the hour of daylight] 
with gun or fire, or use any gun other than can be fired from the shoulder. 

Wild Fowl, Blind, Box, Battery, etc. — Sec. 2840. No person shall kill, for 
sale, any wild fowl in the waters of Currituck, New Hanover, and Brunswick counties 
between the loth days of March and November of each year, or ship out of the State 
between said dates any wild fowl killed in the waters aforesaid; and no non-resident 
shall shoot any wild fowl in any of the waters of New Hanover and Brunswick, Cur- 
rituck and Dare counties from any blind, box, battery, or float of any kind which is 
not on land at the time. 

Wild Fowl Decoys, Exportation, Non-Residents. — Chap. 126, Laws i88g. — 
Sec. i. That no person shall place in the waters of Currituck county decoys of any 
kind whatever between the 1st day of April and the loth day of November of any 
year, or ship out of the State any vi^ild fowl between these dates. Sec. 2. No non- 
resident shall shoot any wild fowl in the waters of the counties of Currituck and Dare 
from any blind, box, battery or float not on land at the time. [Supersedes Sec. 2840 
so far as it conflicts.] 

Floating Blinds. — Chap. 115, Laws 1889. — Sec. i. That it shall be unlawful for 
any person to put bushes or other blinds on their boats, skiffs, or any float of any 
character, with the intent of decoying or pursuing ducks in the county of Currituck. 

NORTH CAROLINA — CURRITUCK. — Chap. 286, La^s 1893 fas amended by Chap. 109, 
Laws 1895]. — Sec. 2. It shall r.ot be lawful to shoot over decoys of any kind in the waters of said sound 
between ihe 20th day 01 March and the 20th day ot October of each year, or to sell or to ship any wild- 
fowl between the said 20th day of March and 20th day of October of each year. Sec. 3. No person 
shall put out decoys in the waters of said sound before sun-up of any day between the 20th day of 
October and the 20th day of March each year, and on every W ednesday and every Saturday between 
the 20th day of October and the 20th day of March of each year no person shall put out decoys of any 
kind in the waters of said sound. Sec. 4. No person between the 20th day of < ctober and the 20th 
day of March of each year shall sail or row or propel a boat in any way after wildfowl in the waters 
of said sound for the purpose of forcing them on the wing, or shoot them with rifle while sailing at any 
time. Sec. 5. All battery boats shall not leave said landing for the purpose of hunting wildfowl until 
jsuorise. 



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i6 The Game Laws in Brief. — Vermont. 



VERMONT. 

CHAP. 80, LAWS 1892. 

Trout, Land-Locked Salmon, Salmon Trout, Longe. — Sec. 15. A person 
who takes a trout, land-locked salmon, salmon trout, or longe between the ist day of 
September in one year and the 1st day of May in the next year, shall be fined. 

Lawful Sizes of Fish. — Sec. 16. Any person who takes a trout, land-locked 
salmon or salmon trout less than 6in. in length, or black bass less than loin. in length, 
and does not immediately return the same with the least possiole injury, to the waters 
from whence it was taken, shall be f^^ed. 

Black Bass, Wail-Eyed Pike, Pike Perch, White Perch, Muskallonge. 
— Sec. 17. A person who, between the ist day of January and the 15th day of June, 
takes a black bass in any of the waters of this State; or who, between the 15th day of 
Apri) and the 15th day of June takes a wall-eyed pike or pike-perch, white perch or 
muskallonge, in any of the waters of this State, except Lake Champlain, shall pay a 
fine. 

Angling Only. — Sec. i. Angling is defined to mean taking fish with hook and 
line or rod held in hand, and does not include set lines. Sec. 18. A person who 
catches trout, land-locked salmon, salmon trout, or longe, except by angling, or who 
catches black bass, muskallonge, pike, pickerel, or wall-eyed pike (pike-perch), except 
by angling or when fishing on the ice, and then not with more than fifteen tended 
lines, shall pay a fine. 

Ice Fishing. — Sec. ig. No person shall fish through the ice in any of the waters 
of this State, inhabited by trout or land-locked salmon. 

Shooting Pike or Pickerel.— Sec. 21. Nothing in this act shall be construed to 
prohibit the shooting of pickerel or pike (not wall-eyed pike) with a gun held to 
shoulder, from the 15th day of March to the ist day of May. 

Deer. — Sec. 40. A person who, prior to the ist day of November, igoo, pursues, 
takes or kills a wild deer, shall be fined one hundred dollars. 

Rabbit, Hare. — Sec. 41. If any person shall kill any rabbit or hare, between the 
ist day of May and the ist day of September, he shall be fined. 

Game Birds. — Sec. 43. No person shall take a quail, wild duck, wild goose or 
plover between the ist day of January and the 1st day of September, or any ruffed 
grouse (commonly called partridge) or woodcock between the ist day of January and 
the 15th day of September, or pheasant between the 20th day of November in one 
year and the ist day of October in a succeeding year. 

Exportation of Game for Sale. — Sec. 44. No person shall kill any woodcock or 
ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, for the purpose of shipping or in any man- 
ner disposing to parties or persons outside of this State for traffic or gain. 

Imported Birds. — Chap. 106, Laws i8g4.— Sec. i. Any person who, before Jan. 
I, 1900, takes or kills a sharp-tailed grouse, pinnated grouse, capercailzie, black 
game, ptarmigan or pheasant, shall be fined $10 for each of the same so taken or 
killed. But nothing in this section shall be held to prohibit the shooting of pheasants 
on inclosed and posted lands by the owners of such lands or their licensees between the 
1st day of September and the 31st day of December in any year, provided the pheas- 
ants so shot have been actually bred on such lands in a state of activity. 




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The Game Laws in Br ef.— Maine. 17 



MAINE. 

Moose. — Rev. Stats., Chap. 30. — Sec. 9 [as amended 1895]. Whoever hunts, 
catches, kills or destroys with dogs, jack lights, so called, snares or traps, any 
bull moose, or in any manner hunts, catches, kills, destroys or has in possession any 
cow or calf moose, or part thereof, forfeits not less than $100; and no person shall, 
between the ist days of January and October, in any manner hunt, catch, kill, destroy 
or have in pos'^ession any bull moose. 

Deer, Canbou. — Sec. 10 [as amended 1895]. Whoever hunts, catches, kills or 
-destroys, with dogs, jack lights, so called, snares or traps, any deer or caribou, forfeits 
$40; and no person shall, between the 1st days of January and October, in any man- 
ner hunt, catch, kill, destroy or have in possession any deer or caribou, or part 
thereof, taken in close time, under the same penalty. Any person may lawfully kill 
any dog found hunting moose, deer or caribou, or kept or used for that purpose. 

Lawful Number. — Sec. 12 [as amended 1895]. No person shall kill or have in 
possession, between the ist days of October and January, more than one bull moose, 
one caribou and two deer. 

Transportation, Exportation. — Sec. 13. No person or corporation shall carry 
or transport from place to place any moose, caribou or deer, or part thereof, in close 
time, nor in open time unless open to view, tagged and plainly labeled with the name 
of the owner thereof, and accompanied by him. 

Ducks, Partridge, Grouse, Woodcock, Quail, Plover. — Sec. 21 [as amended 
1895J. Whoever kills any wood duck, dusky duck, commonly called black duck, teal 
or gray duck, between the ist days of May and September, or kills any ruffed grouse, 
commonly called partridge, between the 1st days of December and September 20, or 
woodcock, between the ist days of December and September following; or kills any 
quail between the ist day of December and the 1st day of October following, or 
pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie chicken, between the 1st days of January 
and September, or plover between the ist days of May and August, forfeits not less 
than $5 nor more than $10. And no person shall at any one time kill or have in 
possession m.ore than thirty of each variety of birds above named, during the respect- 
ive open seasons; nor shall any person at any time kill any of the above-named varie- 
ties of birds except for consumption within this State; nor shall any person carry or 
transport from place to place in open season any of the above-mentioned birds unless 
open to view, tagged and plainly labeled with the owner's name, and accompanied 
by him. 

Introduced Birds. — Chap, 149, Laws 1895. — Sec. i. It shall be unlawful for a 
term of hve years to hunt for, take, catch, kill or destroy any of the following named 
birds: The capercailzie or cock of the w'oods, so called, black game, so called, or any 
species of the pheasant except the partridge, so called. 

Salmon. — Rev. Stats., Chap. 40. — Sec. 41. No salmon shall be taken or fished for 
within five hundred yards of any fishway, dam or mill-race, * * * except by the 
ordinary mode of angling with a single hook and line or artificial flies; nor shall hook 
and line or artificial flies be used at any time within one hundred yards of any fishway. 
dam or mill-race. Sec. 42. From the 15th day of July to the ist day of April follow- 
ing there shall be a close time for salmon, during which no salmon shall be taken or 
killed in any manner; provided, however, that between the 15th days of July and 
September it is lawful to fish for and take salmon by the ordinary mode, with rod and 
single line, but not otherwise. Sec. 43. Between the ist day of April and the 15th 
day of July there shall be a weekly close time of forty-eight hours from sunrise on 
each Saturday morning to sunrise on the following Monday morning, during which no 
salmon shall be taken. [Does not apply to Penobscot, Kennebec or Androscoggin 
rivers or tributaries.] 

Land-locked Salmon, Trout, Togue, Black Bass, White Ferch.— Sec. 47, 
There shall be an annual close time for land-locked salmon, commonly so called,. 

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i8 The Game Laws in Brief.— Maine. 

trout, togue, black hass, Oswego bass and white perch, as follows, viz.: For land- 
locked salmon, trout and togue, between the ist days of October and the following 
May, except on the St. Croix river and its tributaries, and all the waters in Kennebec 
county, in which the close time is between the 15th day of September and the ist day 
of the following May; and for black bass, Oswego bass and white perch, between the 
ist days of April and July. Sec. 48. No person shall take, catch, kill or fish for, in 
any manner, any land-locked salmon, trout or togue, in any of the waters aforesaid, 
between the ist days of October and the following May; nor in the St. Croix river 
and its tributaries, between the 15th day of September and the ist day of the follow- 
ing May; or black bass, Oswego bass or white perch, between the ist days of April 
and July; provided, however, thar during February, March and April citizens of che 
State may fish for and take land-locked salmon, trout or togue, and convey the same 
to their own homes, but not otherwise; provided, further, that the provisions of this 
and the preceding sections shall not apply to the taking of Dlack bass from any waters 
which have been stocked therewith for a period of five years. 

Only Angling Permitted. — Sec. 51. Whoever takes any fish, except suckers, 
with grapnel, spear, trawl, weir, seine, trap, or set lines, except when fishing on the 
ice, and then with not more than five set lines, except in tide waters where such 
methods are not prohibited, or with any device or in any other way than by the 
ordinary mode of angling with single baited hooks and lines or with artificial flies, 
artificial minnows, or artificial insects, forfeits $25. [As amended 1895.] 

Sizes of Fish— Lawful Amount. — Sec. 53. Whoever kills any sea salmon or 
land-locked salmon less than nine inches in length, or any trout less than five inches 
in length, forfeits $5. Sec. 54 [as amended 1895J. No person shall catch or have in 
possession, at anyone time for transportation, more than twenty-five pounds of land- 
locked salmon, trout or togue in all, nor shall any such be transported except in the 
possession of the owner thereof. Provided, however, that the taking of one fish 
additional, when having less than twenty-five pounds, shall not be regarded a violation 
of the law 

Black Bass. — Sec. 55. Whoever takes any black bass during April, May and 
June, or at any time from their spawning beds, forfeits not more than $20. [The 
Commissioners state (1893) that, as no black bass have been put out within five years, 
Sec. 47 is practically inoperative as to that species, and that they construe Sec. 55 as 
being virtually repealed by intent, in so far as it relates to a close season for black bass.] 

Rangeley Lakes Tributaries. — Chap. 451, Laws 1885. — Sec. i No person shall 
catch any trout or land-locked salmon in the Rangeley stream between the mouth of 
the Kennebago stream and the head of the island at the eddy, from the ist day of 
July to the ist day of May; nor from the head of said island to the Rangeley dam, at 
any time; nor in the South Bog stream above the dead water at the mouth of said 
stream, from the ist day of July to the ist day of May; nor in the Bemis stream above 
north line of letter D 'plantation from the ist day of July to the ist day of May; nor 
in the Cupsuptic stream between the foot of the first falls toward its mouth and its 
source, from the ist day of July to the ist day of May; nor in the Kennebago stream 
between the foot of the first fall toward its mouth and the upper falls at the outlet of 
Kennebago lake, from the ist day of September to the ist day of May. 



THE DATE OF THIS REVISION, 

This vvork is revised to the date given on last index page, facing back 
cover. Any changes made in a law as printed in the body of the book 
will be noted on the index page. 



The Game Laws in Brief. — New Jersey. 19 

NEW JERSEY. 
Chap. 255, Laws 1895, as amended 1896. 

Lawful Mode of Taking Game.— Sec. i. That it shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons at any time, either on their own property or that of others, to pursue 
with intent to kill or injure, or in any manner to attempt to take or injure, any hare or 
rabbit, quail (frequently called partridge), ruffed grouse (frequently called partridge 
or pheasant), European pheasant, European partridge, European grouse, wild deer, 
buck, doe or fawn, gray snipe (frequently called English or Wilson snipe), duck, 
brant, goose, dove, swan, gray, black or fox squirrel, woodcock, reed bird, rail bird, 
marsh hen, grass or upland plover, or other game bird or game animal, excepting in 
the manner usually known as hunting v/ith gun or with dog and gun, the gun being 
sych as may be held at arm's length and fired from the shoulder without other rests, 
and at such times as may be permitted in this act, under a penalty of $50. 

Deer. — Sec. 3. That it sliall be unlawful to kill or have unlawfully in possession 
any wild deer, buck, doe or fawn, excepting only between the 25th day of October and 
the 5th day of November, inclusive. 

Hare, Rabbit, Quail or Partridge.— Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to capture, 
kill or injure or have in possession any hare, rabbit, quail (frequently called partridge), 
except only between the loth day of November and the ist day of January, inclusive. 

Woodcock, Snipe, Ruffed Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, Reed Bird, Rail 
Bird, Marsh Hen, Squirrel.— Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to capture, kill or injure 
or have in possession any woodcock except in the month of July, and also between the 
1st day of October and the loth day of December, inclusive; gray snipe (commonly 
called English or Wilson snipe), except only during the months of March and April, 
and also the month of September ; ruffed grouse (frequently called partridge or pheas- 
ant), European pheasant, European partridge, European grouse, except only between 
the 1st day of October and the loth day of December, inclusive ; reed bird, rail bird 
(or marsh hen), excepting only the month of September ; and gray, black or fox squir- 
rels, except only during the month of September and also between the loth day of 
November and the loth day of December, inclusive. 

Upland Plover, Dove. — Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful to capture, kill or injure or 
have in possession any grass or upland plover or dove, except only during the months 
of August and September. 

Other Birds. — Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful to capture, kill or injure, or have 
in possession after the same have been captured, killed or injured, any night hawk, 
whip-poor-will, thrush, meadow lark, finch, martin, barn swallow, woodpecker, robin, 
oriole, red or cardinal bird, cedar bird, tanager or other insectivorous bird ; provided 
that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the taking or killing of 
English sparrows, cranes, hawks, crows, ravens, crow-blackbirds, kingfishers or red- 
winged blackbirds. 

Wild Fowl. — Sec. 9. That it shall be unlawful for any person hunting after geese, 
duck or brant or other web-footed wild fowl, to place the boator sink-box or other float- 
ing vessel in which he lies in wait at a distance of more than one hundred feet from ice or 
from marsh or meadow, bar or bank or heaped seaweed not covered with water at high 
tide, the said boat or other floating vessel to be attached to said marsh or meadow by 
a line ; and it shall be unlawful for any person, with intent to capture or kill geese, 
duck, brant or other web-footed wild fowl, to hunt after or pursue them in any manner, 
excepting between one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset. Sec. 10. That 

NON-RESIDENTS IN NEW JERSEY. 

No non-resident license for shooting or fishing is required in any of the counties 
of New Jersey The charter of the West Jersey Game Protective Society was 
repealed in 1896. 

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20 The Game Laws in Brief. — New Jersey. 

it shall be unlawful to pursue any goose, brant, duck or other web-footed wild fowl 
with, or to shoot or shoot at the same from any boat or vessel propelled by any means 
excepting oars or paddles, or from any boat, vessel or similar structure anchored and 
staked upon the waters of this State at a greater distance than one hundred feet from 
ice, marsh or meadow, bar or bank or heaped seaweed, not covered with water at high 
tide. Sec, ii. That it shall be unlawful to kill or to have unlawfully in possession 
any goose, duck, brant or other web-footed wild fowl, excepting only between the 
30th day of September and the ist day of May. 

Sabbath.- Sec. 15. That it shall be unlawful to hunt with a gun, or with a dog, 
or with any firearms or weapons, or to carry a gun in the fields or in the woods on the 
Sabbath day (commonly called Sunday). 

Live Game. — Sec. 16. That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent 
associations or individuals from domesticating or bringing into this State any animals 
or birds for the purpose of propogating the same, or keeping the same until a season- 
able opportunity offers for their release. 

Fishing. — Sec. 17. [Nets are prohibited, but minnows for bait may be taken with 
seine not over 25ft. length.] 

Bass.— Sec. 18. That it shall be unlawful to catch, kill, take or have in possession 
any black bass, Oswego bass, except only between and including the 30th day of May 
and the ist day of December. 

Brook Trout. — Sec. 19. That it shall be unlawful to catch, kill, take or have in 
possession any brook trout, excepting only between and inckiding the 1st day of April 
and the 15th day of July. 

Sizes of Fish. — Sec. 20. That it shall be unlawful at any time to kill, sell, expose 
for sale or have in possession any black bass measuring less than nine inches in length, 
or any trout measuring less than six inches in length, except for the use of stocking 
waters of this State therewith, and on license, in writing, first obtained for that pur- 
pose, under the hand and seal of the fish and game commissioners of this State. 

Pickerel. — Sec. 25. That it shall be unlawful to catch, kill, take or have in pos- 
session any pickerel between the 20th day of February and the ist day of May. 

Ice Fishing. — Sec. 26. That it shall be unlawful to take pickerel, pike or perch 
through the ice, excepting below the tide-waters of this State, except by the use of a 
single line or single lines, with a single hook on said line or on each of said lines. 

Stocked Waters. — Sec. 27. [Unlawful to take introduced fish within three years 
from stocking.] 

Trespass.— Sec. 28. That it shall be unlawful to enter or trespass on any land 
for the purpose of taking fish from any private pond, stream or spring, after the 
owner, lessee or rightful occupant shall have posted in prominent places on such land, 
adjacent to such pond, stream or spring, at least ten legibly written or printed notices 
forbidding such trespassing. 

Export of Game and Fish. — Sec. 34. That it shall be unlawful at all times to 
remove or attempt to remove from this State any of the birds, game or fish whose 
capture is prohibited, or for which a close season is provided by any provision of this act; 
provided, however, that this section shall not apply to birds, game or fish which may 
have been captured during such periods as the provisions of this act make lawful for 
such capture, and that such removal shall not take place excepting within such periods ; 
and provided that this act shall not apply to common carriers carrying from beyond the 
confines of this State in unbroken packages to some other point beyond the confines of 
this State any such birds, game or fish. 



THE DATE OF THIS REVISION. 

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cover. Any changes made in a law as printed in the body of the book 
will be noted on the index page. 



The Game Laws in Brief. — New Hampshire. 2i 

NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

Introduced Birds. — Act of April 7, 1891. — Sec. i. If any person shall prior to 
Oct. I, 1896, kill any game or song bird of any species not now to be found in the 
State, but which may be brought into the State prior to said Oct. i, 1896, he shall be 
fined. 

Game Birds. — Rev. Stats., Chap. 132. — Sec. 2 [as amended 1895]. If any person 
shall, between the ist day of February and the ist day of August, kill any of the birds 
called plover, yellowlegs, sandpipers, ducks or rails; or shall, between the 1st day of 
January and the 15th day of September, kill any woodcock, ruffed grouse, partridges 
or quails, he shall be punished by a fine of $10. And no person shall kill any 
woodcock, ruffed grouse or partridge during the months of September, October, 
November and December, or plover during the months of August, September, October, 
November, December and January, except for consumption as food, within the State. 
Nothing in the above shall be construed to prevent the shooting of ducks on the sea 
coast or in salt water during the months of February, March and April. 

Moose, Caribou, Deer.— Chap. 131. — Sec. i [as amended 1895]. If any person 
shall at any time, except between the 15th day of September and the 15th day of 
November following, hunt, kill, destroy or capture any moose, caribou or wild deer, 
or shall at any time hunt, kill, capture or destroy any of the above-named animals 
with dogs, he shall be fined $50. The fish commissioners, their deputies or any regu- 
larly appointed game warden may summarily dispose of any dog found pursuing or 
harrassing any of the animals protected by this section. 

Lawful Number. — Act March 26, 1S91.— Sec. 2. If any person during the open 
season of any year shall kill more than one moose, two caribou or three deer, he shall 
be punished. 

Wild Pigeon, Turtle Dove. — Act approved March 28, 1895.— Sec. i. It shall 
not be lawful for any person to kill, destroy or have in his possession, between the date 
of the passage of this act and the ist day August, in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, any passenger pigeon, commonly known as 
wild pigeon, or any turtle dove. 

Raccoon, Coon, Gray Squirrel. — Chap. 3. — Sec. 3. If any person shall, 
between the ist day of January and the ist day of September, kill any raccoon ,or 
coon, or gray squirrel, he shall be punished. 

- Hare, Rabbit, Muskrat.— Sec. 4. If any person shall, in any way, kill any 
hares, rabbits or muskrats, between the ist day of April and the ist day of September 
in each year, he shall be punished. [Use of ferrets forbidden.] 

Land-locked Salmon, Lake Trout, Speckled Trout.— Chap. 133. — Sec. 4 [as 
amended 1S95]. If any person shall take, kill or have in his possession, from any of 
the waters of this State, any young salmon known as parr, smelt or grilse at any time, 
or any land-locked or fresh-water salmon, betv.'een the 30th day of September in any 
one year and the 15th day of April next following, or any lake trout, brook or speckled 
trout, from the ist day of September to the 1st day of May next following, except 
lake trout taken with single hooks and lines during the months of January, February, 
March and April, he shall be fined. 

Ice Fishing, Lawful Sizes of Fish. — Sec. 6 [as amended 1895]. If any person 
shall kill or have in his possession any brook or speckled trout, or any land-locked 
salmon, taken through the ice. frorn the waters of the State, or any brook trout, at any 
time, of a length less than five inches, or any striped bass, land-locked salmon, aureo- 
leus or golden trout, or pickerel, of a length less than ten inches, or any black bass less 
than six inches, he shall be fined. 

Pike-Perch, White Perch, Black Bass.— Sec. 5. If any person shall take any 
pi.ce-perch or white perch in any waters except tide waters, during the months of May 

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The Game Laws in Brief. — Oklahoma. 



and June, or shall take any black bass between the 30th day of April and the 15th day 
of Tune in any year, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of $10. [As amended 1893.] 

Muskallonge, Pickerel, Pike, Grayling.— Sec. 6. It shall not be lawful to catch 
any muskallonge, pickerel, pike or grayUng; during the months of April and May. 

Salmon, Parr, Smolt, Grilse.— Sec. 7. * * * Nor shall young salmon, known 
as parr, smolts or grilse be caught or killed. 



OKLAHOMA. 

Seasons.— Act approved March 8, 1895.— Sec. i. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to wound, kill, ensnare or trap, in any manner within this territory, any deer, 
buck, doe or fawn, or antelope, any prairie chicken, or any grouse, quail, wild turkey, 
wren, martin, swallow, robin, turkey buzzard or any insectivorous birds, or to pursue 
the same with such intent, or to have the same in their possession, except it shall be 
lawful to shoot q.uail, prairie chickens and wild turkeys between the ist day of Novem- 
ber and the 1st day of February of the following year, and to shoot plover and dove 
between the ist day of August and the 31st day of December of each year; provided, 
it shall be unlawful for any person or persons at any time to kill, destroy or have in 
their possession any wild turkey, quail, plover or dove for any purpose or under any 
pretext whatsoever except for their own private use as a food. Be it further provided, 
that it shall be lawful to catch and possess deer, buck, doe or antelope for the purpose 
of domestication within this territory; and provided, further, that no person shall be 
permitted to hunt, trap or fish on the premises of another unless he shall have first 
procured the consent of the owner, occupant or lessee of such premises. Provided, 
that this section shall not apply to the shooting and killing of hawks and birds of the 
falcon family that live by preying on other fowls. 

Exportation. — Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person within this territory 
to export to any other territory or State or country any game mentioned in Sec. i 
of this act. 

Transportation. — Sec. 4. It .shall be unlawful for any railroad company, express 
company or other common carrier, their ofhcers, agents, servants, or any other person 
or persons, to receive within this territory any of the game mentioned in Sec. i of 
this act, or any meat or parts of such game, for the purpose of transporting or carry- 
ing or in any manner handling the same, or to transport or to carry any of said game 
or any meat or part thereof, which shall have been captured or killed in this territory. 
Except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to live birds or animals 
captured and held for domestic or scientific purposes, and provided that not more than 
one pair of such birds or animals may be shipped at any one time. 

Fish. — Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to take any fish wath a gig or 
spear, net, seine, gun or trap of any kind, or set net, weir or pot in any of the lakes, 
ponds, rivers or small streams of this territory; but the provisions of this section shall 
not apply to legitimate fishing with hook, line and pole, or to persons catching small 
minnows for bait with a seine not over ten feet in length, or to the taking of tish out 
of the Arkansas river, Cimarron river, or the North or South Canadian rivers, or 
the Deep Fork or Salt Fork of the Arkansas, between the ist day of January and the 
1st day of June of each year, and between the 1st day of September and the ist day of 
November of each year. 



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The Game Laws in Brief. — North Dakota. 23 



NORTH DAKOTA. 

Non-Residents.— Code 1895. — Sec. 1643. It shall be unlawful for any non-resi- 
dent of this State to hunt, kill or wound in this State any of the wild animals or birds 
mentioned in the Penal Code, without having first obtained the permit for non-resi- 
dents hereinafter provided for. It shall be unlawful for any resident of this State, 
either alone or with another or others, to use any dog in hunting, setting, pointing or 
retrieving any game unless such resident shall hold a permit good at the place where 
he so uses a dog, as hereinafter provided. Such permits shall be subject to inspection 
of any person upon demand. [License fee for non-residents, $25; for residents, 50 
cents; license good for one season.] 

Game Seasons, Methods, Amount. — Sec. 7677. Every person who either (i) 
shoots or kills any prairie chickens, pinnated grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse, 
woodcock, plover, wild duck, wild goose or brant, between the ist day of December 
and the ist day of September following, or any song bird at any time; or 

(2) At any time kills or shoots any wild duck, goose or brant with any swivel gun 
or other gun, except such as is commonly shot from the shoulder, or in hunting such 
birds makes use of any artificial light or battery; or 

(3) Uses or employs -^ny trap, snare, net or bird lime, or medicated, drugged or 
poisoned grain or food, to capture or kill any of the birds mentioned in Subdivision i 
of this section; or 

(4) Wantonly destroys any nest of eggs of any of the birds mentioned in Subdivi- 
sion I of this section; or 

/ (5) Shoots or kills any buffalo, elk, deer, antelope, caribou or mountain sheep be- 
tween the 15th day of December and the ist day of November following; or 

(6) At any time uses or employs any hound or dog in running or driving any of the 
animals mentioned in Subdivision 5 of this section; or 

(7) Sets any spring or other gun, trap, snare or other device to kill, wound or de- 
stroy any of the animals mentioned in Subdivision 5 of this section; or 

(8) Knowingly hunts in any way upon the enclosed or cultivated lands of another 
without the consent of the owner, or his agent or tenant; or 

(9) Shoots or kills in any one day more than twenty-five of the game birds mentioned 
in Subdivision i, or more than five of the animals mentioned in Subdivision 5 of this 
section, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Fish.— Sec. 7679. Every person who either (i) takes, catches, kills or destroys any 
fish of any kind in any of the lakes, streams or other v.-aters of this State, except the 
Missouri River, in any manner other than by angling with hook and line; or 

(2) Between the ist day of November and the following ist day of May in each 
year takes, catches, kills or destroys in any manner or by any device, in any of the 
waters of this State, except the Missouri, any pike, pickerel, perch, bass or muscalonge, 
for any purpose other than propagating or breeding the same, or 

(3) Exposes any such fish for sale during such period, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Fishing near Dam and Through Ice; Lawful Limit.— Skc. 7680 It shall be 

unlawful for any person to take with a hook or line or in any other manner whatever 
any fish at any time at any of the mill dams, mill races or any of the fishways, sluices 
or aprons in any of the waters of this State, or within 500ft. measured from the same 
up stream, or to cut open the ice and remove any fish from the waters through the 
opening thus made * -s*- * and in no event shall the number of fish taken, caught 
or killed by any one person exceed twenty-five fish in anyone day. 

Export. — Sec. 7683. Every person who within this State ships or receives for 
shipment beyond the limits of this State any of the game birds or animals mentioned in 
Sec. 7677, or any of the fish mentioned in Sec. 7679, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

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The Game Laws in Brief.— Colorado. 



COLORADO. 

Insectivorous Birds, Mongolian Pheasant, Quail, Ptarmigan, Partridge, 
Dove. — Act of April 7, 1893. — Sec. i. No person shall kill any robin lark, whip- 
poorwill, finch, sparrow, thrush, wren, martin, swallow, snowbird, bobolink, redwinged 
blackbird, crow, raven, turkey buzzard, oriole, kingbird, mockingbird, song sparrow, 
or other insectivorous bird, or any Mongolian pheasant, quail, ptarmigan, partridge 
or dove, at any time; provided, that doves may be shot from July 15 to Oct. i. 

Wild Turkey, Pheasant, Prairie Chicken, Grouse.— Sec. 2. No person shall 
kill any wild turkey, pheasant, prairie hen, prairie chicken, or grouse, except that they 
mav be shot between Aug. 15 and Nov. i of the same year. 

Wild Fowl. — Sec. 3. No person shall kill wild ducks, geese, brant or swans, or 
other water fowls, except between the ist day of September and the ist day of May 
following, during which time the same may be killed by means of an ordinary shoulder 
gun; and it shall be unlawful to use any swivel or punt gun for said purposes. Sec. 
5. No person shall during the night time, by the use of any artificial light or any like 
device whatever, kill any wild duck, wild goose, brant, swan, or other water fowl or 
fish. 

Dogs for Big Game. — Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to use dogs 
for the purpose of running or coursing mountain sheep, deer, elk or antelope. 

Bison, Buffalo, Mountain Sheep. — Sec. ii. No person shall kill at any time 
any bison, buffalo or mountain sheep. 

Deer, Elk, Antelope. — Sec. 12. No person shall kill any deer, elk or antelope at 
any time, except that those deer, antelope and elk which have horns may be killed 
between August ist and November ist of the same year, for good [sic] purposes only, 
and then only when necessary for immediate use, governed in amount and quantity 
by the reasonable necessity of the person or persons killing the same. "Reasonable 
necessity " shall be construed to mean not more than one elk, deer, or antelope in 
the possession of any one person at one time. 

Trout, Food Fish. — General Statutes, Chap. 40 [as amended 1893]. — That it shall 
not be lawful to take any trout or other food fish during the months of December, Janu- 
ary, February, March, April and May. or either of said months; it shall be unlawful to 
kill any trout, or other food fish during the open season, except for food, and then 
only when necessary for immediate use, governed in amount and quantity by the 
reasonable necessities of the person or persons catching such fish. It shall be 
unlawiul to sell any trout or other food fish, or to ship or transport them out of this 
State. It shall be unlawful to kill any trout less than 6 inches in length. 

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK RULES. 

I. It is forbidden to remove or injure the sediments or incrustations around the 
geysers, hot springs, or steam vents; or to deface the same by written inscription or 
otherwise, or to throw any substance into the springs or geyer vents; or to injure or 
disturb, in any manner, any of the mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders 
within the Park. 2. It is forbidden to ride or drive upon any of the geyser or hot 
spring formations or to turn loose stock to graze in their vicinity. 3. It is forbidden 
to cut or injure any growing timber. Camping parties will be allowed to use dead or 
fallen timber for fuel. 4. Fires shall be lighted only when necessary, and completely 
extinguished when not longer required. I'he utmost care should be exercised at all 
times to avoid setting fire to the timber and grass. 5. Hunting, capturing, injuring, or 
killing any bird or animal within the Park is prohibited. The outfits of persons found 
hunting or in possession of game killed in the Park will be subject to seizure and con- 
fiscation. 



The Game Laws in Brief.— Pennsylvania. 2$ 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Elk, Deer, Antelope, Venison.— Act of June 3, 1878.— Sec. i. That no persoo 
shall kill in any part of this State any elk or wild deer, save only from the ist day of 
October in any year to the 15th day of December next following, and no person shaM 
have in possession, or offer for sale or transport any elk, wild deer, antelope, or 
fresh venison, save only from the ist day of October in any year, to the 30th day of 
November next following. No person shall, at any time, kill any fawn when in its 
spotted coat. No person shall pursue any elk or wild deer with dogs in any part of 
this State, or shall kill in the water any elk or wild deer or fawn which has bee« 
driven thereto by dogs. 

Squirrels. — Sec. 2. No person shall kill any gray, black or fox squirrel, betweea 
the ist day of January and the ist day of September. 

Hare, Rabbit. — Sec. 3. No person shall kill any hare commonly called rabbit, 
between the ist day of January and the ist day of November. [Ferrets forbidden.] 

Wild Turkey. — Sec. 5. No person shall kill any wild turkey, between the ist dajr 
of January and the 15th day of October following. 

Plover. — Sec. 7. No person shall kill any upland or grass plover, between the ist 
day of January and the 15th day of July. 

Woodcock. — Sec. 8. No person shall kill any woodcock, between the ist day of 
January and the 4th day of July. 

Quail, Virginia Partridge. — Sec. q. No person shall kill any quail or Virginia 
partridge, between the 15th day of December in any year and the ist day of Noveai- 
ber next following. 

Ruffed Grouse, Pheasant, Prairie Chicken. — Sec. 10. No person shall kill any- 
ruffed grouse commonly called pheasant, or pinnated grouse commonly called prairie 
chicken, between the ist day of January and the ist day of October. 

Rail, Reed Bird. — Sec. ii. No person shall kill any rail bird or reed bird, except 
in the months of September, October and November. 

Wildfowl. — Act of May 17, 1883. — Sec. i. That it shall be lawful to kill web-footed 
wildfowl only from the ist day of September to the ist day of May in each year. 
Sec. 2. That is shall be unlawful to kill any web-footed wildfowl from or with any 
craft or boat propelled by steam or sails. 

Speckled Trout. — Act of June 11, 1885. — That it shall be unlawful for any per- 
son to catch any speckled trout, save only from the 15th day of April to the 15th day 
of July. 

Trout Size for Sale — Stocked Waters. — Act of June 10,1881. — Sec. 3. That 
no person shall at any time catch any speckled trout or California mountain trout for 
sale less than five inches in length; and it shall be unlawful for any person to fish ia 
any stream for a period of three years, in which brook trout have been planted by the 
Fish Commissioners. 

Salmon, Grilse. — Act May 12, 1891. — Sec. i. That no person shall catch salmoa 
or grilse, save with rod, hook and line. Sec. 2. No salmon or grilse shall be takea 
under three pounds in weight. Sec. 3. No person shall catch any salmon or grilse 
save only from the ist day of March to the 15th day of August. 

Lake Trout. — Act of 1878.— Sec. 20. No person shall kill any lake trout in the 
months of October, November and December. 

Carp. — Act of May 23, 1887. — Sec. i. It shall be unlawful to catch German 
carp during the months of May, June, July and August. 

Black Bass, Wall-Eyed Pike, Rock Bass, Pike, Pickerel. — Sec. 4. No per- 
son shall catch any black bass or wall-eyed pike under six inches in length, or any 
rock bass under five inches in length. But should any such fish be taken it shall \>c 

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The Game Laws in Brief. — Pennsylvania, 



the duty of any one taking or capturing the same to return the fish immediately to the 
water; and no person shall catch any pike or pickerel between the ist day of February 
and the ist day of June. [Act May 28, 1889, Sec. 4, as amended by Act April 15, 1891.] 
Black Bass, Rock Bass, Wall-Eyed Pike, Susquehanna Salmon. — Sec. 5. 
No person shall catch any black bass, rock bass or wall-eyed pike, commonly known 
as Susquehanna salmon, between the ist day of January and the 30th day of May; 
provided that neither this nor any of the preceding sections shall apply to fishing in 
the waters of Lake Erie. [Act May 28, 1889.] 

Green, Yellow, Willow, Lake Erie, Grass Bass. — Act June 3, 1878.— Sec. 25. 
No person shall by any means or device whatsoever catch or kill in any waters of this 
State any * * * green bass, yellow bass, willow bass, * * * Lake Erie or 
grass bass, * * * between the ist day of January and the 1st day of June; pro- 
vided this section shall not apply to the waters of Lake Erie, except in the ponds on 
the island or peninsula forming the north and east shores of the harbor of Erie. 

Delaware River. — Act May 22, 1889 — Sec. 6 No person shall catch in the Del- 
aware River any black bass, rock bass or wall-eyed pike, commonly known as Susque- 
hanna salmon, between the 1st day of January and the 30th day of May. Sec. 7 [as 
amended 1895]. No person shall catch or kill, in the Delaware River, any black bass 
or wall-eyed pike under nine inches in length, or any rock bass under five inches in 
length. But should any such fish be taken, it shall be the duty of any one taking or 
capturing the same to return the fish immediately to the water. 

BEDFORD COUNTY —Act June 26, 1895.- Sec. i. No person within the county of Bedford 
shall kill, take or have in possession any wild deer, wild turkey, woodcock, quail or Virginia partridge, 
pheasant or prairie chicken, squirrel or rabbit, save only from the 15th day of October to the 15th day 
of December, inclusive. 

HUNTINGDON COUNTY.— Act of June 27, 1895.— Sec. 1. No person shall kill any wild deer 
within the county of Huntingdon between the 15th day of December and the 15th day of October fol- 
lowing. Sec. 2. No person shall kill any squirrel between the ist day of January- and the 15th day of 
October. 

PIKE COUNTY.— Deer.— Chap. 205, Laws 1878. — Sec. i. No person shall kill any deer, save 
only between the ist day of October and the ist day of December following. Squirrel, Rabbits, 
Game Birds.— Secs. 2-8. No person shall kill any gray or black squirrel, save only between Sept. i 
and Dec. 15 ; or any gray rabbit, save only between Oct. i>5 and Dec. 15 lor at any time use ferrets) ; 
or wood or summer duck, save only between Oct. i and Jan. i ; or woodcock or mud snipe, save only 
between July 4 and Dec. 15 ; or quail or Virginia partridge, save only between Oct. 15 and Dec. i ; or 
ruflfed grouse (commonly called pheasant), save only between Sept. 15 and Dec. 15. Salmon, 
Speckled Trout, Pike, Pickerel.— Skc. n. No person shall catch any salmon or speckled trout, 
save only between the ist day of May and the ist day of August following. Sec. 12. No person shall 
catch any pike or pickerel, save only between the ist day of June and the 15th day of February 
following. 

TIOGA COUNTY.— Act of June 26, 1895.— Sec. i. It shall be unlawful to catch, take or kill, for 
the purpose of sale, any grouse, pheasant, quail, partridge, woodcock, wild pigeon, speckled trout or 
black bass. Sec 2. It shall be unlawful, during the period of three years from the passage of this act, 
to catch or kill any deer or fawn. 



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The Game Laws in Brief. — Rhode Island. 27 



RHODE ISLAND. 

Lark, Robin, Wood Duck, Gray Duck, Black Duck, Grouse, Heath Hen. 

— Revised Statutes, Chap. 94. — Sec. i. Every person who shall kill any lark, robin, 
wood duck, gray duck or black duck between the ist day of February and the ist day 
of September; or any grouse or heath hen between the ist day of January and the ist 
day of November, shall be fined. 

Woodcock, Ruffed Grouse, Partridge, Quail, Plover, Wild Duck. — Sec. 4 
[as amended 1S95J. Every person who shall take or kill, sell, buy or offer for sale, or 
have in his possession any woodcock from the ist day of January to the 1st day of 
October ; any ruffed grouse or partridge from the ist day of January to the ist day of 
October ; any quail from the 1st day of January to the 1st day of October ; any Bar- 
tram's tattler or upland plover, commonly known in Rhode Island as grass plover, 
from the ist day of April to the 1st day of August ; any dusky or black duck from the 
1st day of March to the 1st day of October ; any wood duck or summer duck from the 
1st day of March to the 1st day of October ; any blue or green winged teal from the 
1st day of March to the ist day of October, shall be fined. 

Birds not Protected. — Sec. 5. All fresh water ducks other than those before 
mentioned, all sea ducks, geese, crows, kingfishers, crow blackbirds, cow blackbirds, 
herons, bitterns, plovers, except as in the preceding section, all curlew, rails, sand- 
pipers, snipe and all birds of prey, exept fish-hawks or ospreys, may be killed at any 
time. 

Rabbit, Hare, Gray Squirrel. — Chap. 95 — Sec. i. Every person who shall kill 
any rabbit, hare or gray squirrel between the ist day of January and the ist day 
of September, shall forfeit the sum of five dollars, [Use of ferrets or weasels 
forbidden.] 

Black Bass. — Chap. 150. — Sec. 7. No person shall take fish of any kind from 
any of the inland waters of the State, set apart by the commissioners of inland 
fisheries for the cultivation of fish, except at such times and in such manner as is 
hereinafter provided. Sec. 8. The prohibition of the catching of fish by hook and 
line from fisheries stocked shall extend during the term of three years after the time 
when such fishery was established; provided, that fish may be caught through the ice 
only, and with hook and line only, in those ponds set apart for the cultivation of black 
bass, during December, January and February, until the expiration of the aforesaid 
term of three years. Sec. 9. After the expiration of said three years, no black bass 
shall be taken in any of the waters of this State, except Sneach Pond in the town of 
Cumberland, and Moswansicut Pond, in the town of Scituate, between the ist day of 
Man h and the 1st of July. 

Weekly Close Time in Waters Set Apart. — Sec. ii. No person shall take 
any fish from any of the waters of the State legally set apart for the cultivation of fish, 
during the times in which they are allowed to be taken by this chapter, except on 
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, during said term, except during the months of 
December, January and February. 

Trout. — Revised Statutes, Chap. 147. — Sec. 27 [as amended 1894]. Every person 
who shall take any trout after the 15th day of July and before the ist day of April 
shall forfeit $20, and every person who shall have in possession any trout less than six 
inches in length shall forfeit $20. 



THE DATE OF THIS REVISION. 

This work is revised. to the date given on last index page, facing back 
cover. Any changes made in a law as printed in the body of the book 
■will be noted on the index page. 



28 The Game Laws in Brief. — South Dakota. 

SOUTH DAKOTA. 

Buffalo, Elk, Deer, Antelope, Mountain Sheep. — Act of Feb. 4, 1893. — Sec. 
t. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to kill, ensnare or trap in any form 
or manner or by any device whatever, or for any purpose, any buffalo, elk, deer, 
antelope, or mountain sheep from and after the passage and approval of this act until 
the ist day of September, 1896. 

Prairie Chicken, Grouse, Snipe, Plover, Curlew, Wild Duck, Song Birds.— 
Political Code, Art. VII., Sec. 2366 [as amended by Act of Feb. 21, 1893]. It shal 
be unlawful for any person within this State to shoot or kill any prairie chicken, or 
pinnated grouse, or sharp-tailed grouse, or ruffed grouse, between the ist day of Janu- 
ary and the ist day of September, or any wild duck, or snipe, or plover, or curlew, 
between the 15th day of May and the ist day of September, or any song bird at any- 
time. Sec. 2367. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time or at any place 
within this State to shoot or kill for traffic any prairie chicken, wild duck, snipe, plover, 
or curlew, or for any person to shoot or kill during any one day more than twenty-fiTC 
of either kind of said named birds, or for any one person, firm or corporation to haTc 
more than twenty-five of said named birds in his or their possession at any one time 
unless lawfully received for transportation. 

Quail. — Chap. 95, Laws 1890 [as amended by Act of Feb. 21, 1893]. It shall be 
unlawful for any person or persons to trap, ensnare or destroy by any means whatever 
any quail in this State for a period of five years from and after the 1st day of January, 
1893. 

Fish Seasons, Export.— Act approved March 12, 1895. — Sec. 4. That it shall 
be unlawful to kill, take or have in possession any trout, bass, carp, shad or croppies 
taken or killed in any of the waters of this State during the months of October, 
November, December, January, February, March and April, or either of said months 
in any year. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale at any time any trout or 
other food fish taken or killed in any of the waters of this State, or to ship or trans- 
port them out of the State. 



YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, 

Act of Congress, May 7, 1894. 

Sec. 4. That all hunting or the killing, wounding or capturing at any time of any 
bird or wild animal, except dangerous animals, when it is necessary to prevent thea 
from destroying human life or inflicting an injury, is prohibited within the limits of 
said Park; nor shall any fish be taken out of the waters of the Park by means of seines, 
nets, traps, or by the use of drugs or any explosive substances or compounds, or im 
any other way than by hook and line, and then only at such seasons and in such times 
and manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior. 




Tne Game Laws in Brief.— California. 



CALIFORNIA. 

Penal Code as Amended in 1895. 

Valley Quail, Bob White, Partridge, Robin, Wild Duck, Rail.— Sec. 626, 

Every person who, between the 15th day of February and the 15th day of October in 
each year, shall kill or have in his possession, whether taken in the State of California 
or shipped into the State from any other State, territory or foreign country, except for 
purposes of propagation, any valley quail, bob white, partridge, robin, or any kind of 
wild duck or rail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Mountain Quail, Grouse. — Sec. 626A. Every person who, between the 15th day 
of February and the 15th day of August in each year, shall kill or have in his posses- 
sion, whether taken or killed in the State of California or shipped into the State from 
any other State, territory or foreign country, except for purposes of propagation, any 
mountain quail or grouse, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Doves. — Sec. 626B. Every person who, between the 15th day of February and the 
1st day of July in each year, shall kill or have in his possession any dove or doves, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Male Deer.— Sec. 626c. Every person who shall kill any male deer between the 
15th day of October and the 15th day of July of the following year shall be guilty of 
a misdemeanor. 

Female Deer, Fawn, Antelope, Elk, Mountain Sheep.— Sec. 626D. Every 
person who shall at any time kill any female deer, or spotted fawn, or any antelope, 
elk or mountain sheep, shall be guily of a misdemeanor. 

Hides and Venison.— Sec. 626E. Every person who shall at any time buy, sell 
•r offer for sale the hide or meat of any deer, elk, antelope or mountain sheep, whether 
taken or killed in the State of California or shipped into the State from any other State 
or territory, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided that nothing m this section 
shall be held to apply to the hide of any of said animals taken or killed in Alaska or 
any foreign country. Sec. 626F. Every person who shall buy, sell, offer or expose for 
sale, transport or carry or have in his possession the skin, hide or pelt of any deer 
from which the evidence of sex has been removed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Pheasant. — Sec. 6260. Every person who shall, within the three years next after 
the passage of this act, kill or have in his possession, except for the purposes of propa- 
gation, any pheasant, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Bore of Gun. — Sec. 627. Every person who shall use a shotgun of a larger caliber 
than that commonly known and designated as a No. 10 gauge shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor. The proof of the possession of said gun in the field, on marsh, bay, lake 
or stream, shall h^ prima facie evidence of its illegal use. 

Trespass. — Sec. 627A. Every person who upon any inclosed or cultivated grounds 
which are private property, and where signs are displayed forbidding such shooting,, 
except salt-water marsh land, shall shoot any quail, bob white, pheasant, partridge, 
grouse, dove, deer or wild duck, without permission first obtained from the owner or 
person in possession of such grounds, or who shall maliciously tear down, mutilate or 
destroy any sign, signboard or other notice forbidding shooting on private property, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Exportation. — Sec. 627B. Every railroad company, express company, transporta- 
tion company or other common carrier, their officers, agents and servants, and every 
other person who shall transport, carry or take out of this State, or shall receive for 
the purpose of transporting from the State, any deer, deer skin, buck, doe or fawn, or 
any quail, partridge, pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken, dove or wild duck, except for 
purposes of propagation, or who shall transport, carry or take from the State, or receivc^ 
for the purpose of transporting from this State, any such animal or bird, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 

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30 The Game Laws in Brief.— California, New Mexico. 



Song Birds. — Sec. 627c. Every person who shall at any time kill or have in his 
possession, except for the purpose of propagation, or for educational or scientific pur- 
poses, any English sky lark, canary, California oriole, humming bird, thrush or 
mocking bird, or any part of the skin, skins or plumage thereof, or who shall rob the 
nests, or take or destroy the eggs of any of the said birds, shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor. 

Striped Bass, Black Bass. — Sec. 628. Every person who takes or has in his 
possession any striped bass of less than three pounds in weight is guilty of a misde- 
meanor. Every person who, between the 1st day of January and the ist day of July, 
takes or catches, buys, sells or has in his possession, any black bass, is guilty of si 
misdemeanor. 

Trout. — Sec. 632. Every person who at any time takes or catches any trout, except 
with hook and line, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 633. Every person who takes 
or has in his possession any speckled trout, brook or salmon trout, or any variety of 
trout, between the ist day of November and the ist day of April in the following 
year, is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that steelhead trout may be pos- 
sessed at any time when taken with rod and line in tide water. Every person who 
buys or sells, offers or exposes for sale, within this State, any kind of trout less than 
six inches in length, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Salmon. — Sec. 634. Every person who, between the 31st day of August and the 
1st day of November of each year, takes or has in his possession any fresh salmon, is 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Supervisors' Ordinances. — Supervisors are empowered to provide by ordinance, 
not in conflict with the general laws of the State, for the protection of fish and game, 
and may shorten the close season for the taking or killing of fish and game within the 
dates fixed by the general State laws, but shall not lengthen them. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Trout, Food Fish. — Chap. 53, Laws 1889. — Sec, 4. That it shall not be lawful 
to kill any trout or other food fish during the months of November, December, Janu- 
ary, February, March and April. 

For Food Only. — Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to kill any trout or food fish except 
for food, and then only when necessary for immediate use, governed in amount and 
quantity by the reasonable necessities of the person or persons catching such fish. 

Deer, Elk, Antelope. Act of Feb. 16, 1895. — Sec. i. No person shall kill anj 
deer, elk, fawn or antelope between the ist day of January and the ist day of October. 

Wild Turkey, Quail. — Sec, 2, No person shall kill, ensnare or trap any wild 
turkey or quail between the 1st day of March and the ist day of October; provided, 
further, that it shall be unlawful so ensnare or trap quail at any time. 

Wanton Killing, or for Skins. — Sec. 4. No person shall wantonly kill any of the 
game, birds or animals mentioned in this act; nor shall it be lawful at anytime to 
kill any elk, deer, fawn or antelope for the sole purpose of securing the hide or skin of 
any such animal. 

Export. — Sec. 5, That it shall be unlawful for any railway, express company or 
any common carrier, or their agents or employees, to transport outside of the territory, 
or receive for such transportation, at any time, any of the flesh or meat of any of the 
birds or animals named in this act that may be offered for transportation at any 
station or place in this territory. 

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The Game Laws in Brief. — Montana. 3^ 

MONTANA. 

[CAUTION. — The Secretary of State advises us (July 17, 1895) that the act adopting the Code of 
1895 did not repeal the Act of March i, 1893. The conflicting provisions of the two laws (and conflict- 
ing Sees. 701 and 702 of the Code) protect game during the following periods: Bison, buff"alo, quail. 
Chinese pheasant, to 1903. Moose, elk, otter, beaver, to 1899. Deer, goat, sheep, antelope, Dec. 15 to 
Sept. 15 following. Grouse, prairie chicken, pheasant, fool hen, sage hen, partridge, snipe, Nov. 15 to 
Aug. 15 following. Wildfowl, Jan. i to Sept. i. Speckled trout. May and June.] 

Act Approved March i, 1893. 

Bison, Buffalo, Quail, Chinese Pheasant, Moose, Elk, Otter. — Sec. r. 
That any person who shall kill for the period of ten years from and after the passage 
of this act, any bison, buffalo or quail or Chinese pheasant, or who shall kill for the 
period of six years from and after the passage of this act, any moose, elk, otter or 
beaver, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Deer, Sheep, Goat, Antelope. — Sec. 2. That any person who shall kill any 
white-tail deer, black-tail deer, mule deer, mountain sheep, Rocky Mountain goat and 
antelope, between the 15th day of December and the 15th day of August of the 
following year, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Sex:. 6. That any person 
who shall kill at any time any of the animals mentioned in Sec. 2, for the purpose of 
procuring the head or hide only, or for speculative purposes, or for market or for sale, 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Pheasant, Fool-Hen, Sage Hen, Partridge, 
Snipe. — Sec. 9. That any person who shall kill any grouse, prairie chicken, pheasant, 
fool-hen, sage hen, partridge or snipe, between the 15th day of November and the 15th 
day of August of the next ensuing year, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Wildfowl. — Sec. 10. That any person who shall kill any wild geese or wild ducks, 
brant or swan, between the ist day of January and the 1st day of September of each 
year, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Fish. — Sec. 4. That a hshing tackle consisting of a rod or pole, line and hooks, 
shall be the only lawful means by which fish may be taken from any of the waters of 
the State, provided, that no speckled or mountain trout, or other small fish, shall be 
taken, except from private ponds by owners, in any manner during the months of May 
and June. 

Exportation of Skins. — Act of March 12, 1885. — Sec. i. It shall be unlawful 
to ship, carry or cause to be carried in any manner whatsoever, from the Territory of 
Montana to any other Territory or State, the skin of any moose, deer, elk, bison, 
buffalo, antelope, or mountain sheep; provided, that nothing in the provisions of this 
act shall prevent the shipment of any specimens that are stuffed or mounted as curi- 
osities. 

Penal Code, Pt. I., Chap. I., Title XV., approved Feb. 19, 1895. 

Buffalo, Elk, Otter, Beaver, Quail, Chinese Pheasant, Moose.— Sec. 700. 
Every person who kills any bison, buffalo, quail or Chinese pheasant, or any female 
moose, female elk, otter or beaver; or who, between December 15th of one year and 
September ist of the following year, kills any male moose or elk; or w-ho, in a single 
open season, shall kill more than two bull moose, or three bull elk, or one hundred 
grouse or prairie chickens, is punishable by a fine. 

Deer, IVIountain Sheep, Rocky Mountain Goat, Antelope. — Sec 701. Every 
person who kills any deer, mountain sheep. Rocky Mountain goat or antelope between 
the 1st day of January and the 15th day of September of the same year is punishable 
by a fine. 

Deer, Mountain Sheep, Mountain Goat, Antelope. — Sec. 702. Every person 
who, between January ist and September ist of each year, kills any deer, mountain 

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32 1 he Game Laws in Brief. — Montana, Utah. 



sheep, Rocky Mountain goat or antelope, or who in any single calendar year's open 
season kills more than eight deer, eight mountain sheep, eight Rocky Mountain goats, 
or eight antelope, is punishable by a fine. 

Use of Dogs. — Sec. 703. Every person who willfully hunts, chases, or runs with 
dogs any of the animals mentioned in the three preceding sections at any time, is 
punishable by fine. The use of dogs, however, to capture any such animals after they 
have been wounded is not a violation of this section. 

Prairie Chicken, Fool-Hen, Grouse, Pheasant, Partridge. — Sec. 704, Every 
person who, between the ist day of January and the 15th of August of each year, 
kills any grouse, prairie chicken, fool hen, pheasant or partridge; or who at any season 
ol the year shall, for speculation, market or sale, kill any of the above mentioned 
birds, is' punishable by a fine. [For lawful number see Sec. 700.J 

Wildfowl. — Sec. 705. Every person who kills any wild geese or wild ducks between 
the :st day of May and the 15th day of August of the same year is punishable by a 
fine. 

Other Birds. — Sec. 706. Every person who kills any robin, meadow-lark, bluebird, 
thrush, oriole, woodpecker, mockingbird, goldfinch, snowbird, cedarbird, or any other 
of the small birds known as singing birds, is punishable by a fine. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 

Deer.— General Statutes. — Sec. 1687. It shall not be lawful to kill any deer, or 
to worry them with dogs, between the 1st day of February and the ist day of Septem- 
ber, except in the counties of Clarendon, Georgetown, Colleton, Williamsburg, Marl- 
boro, Kershaw, Horry, Darlington, Marion and Berkeley, in which counties it shall 
not be lawful between the ist day of February and the ist day of August. 

Fire-Hunting. — Skc. 1690. Every person who shall hunt with lire in the night 
time, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding $10. 

V/iid Turkey, Partridge, Quail, Woodcock, Pheasant, Dove.— Sec. 1694. 
It shall not be lawful, between the ist day of April and the ist day of November, to 
kill any wild turkey, partridge, quail, woodcock, or pheasant; or between the ist day 
©f March and the ist day of August, any dove; or, at any time during the year, to 
kill, by firelight, any of the birds named. 

INDIAN TERRITORY. 

Revised Statutes of the United States, 1878. — Sec. 2137. Every person, other 
than an Indian, who, within the limits of any tribe, with whom the United States has 
existing treaties, hunts or traps, or takes and destroys any peltries or game, except for 
subsistence in the Indian country, shall forfeit all the traps, guns and ammunition in 
his possession, used or procured to be used for that purpose, and all peltries so taken; 
and shall be liable in addition to a penalty of $500. 



GEORGIA. 

Birds and Deer. — Act approved Dec. 20, 1893. Sec. i. It shall be unlawful to kill any wild turkey, 
pheasant, snipe, partridge or any insectivorous or singing bird, except English sparrows, crows, larks, 
rice birds, wheat birds and doves, in any county in this State, between the ist day of April and the ist 
day of October; and it shall be unlawful to kill any dove between the ist day of April and the 15th 
day of July; and it shall be unlawful to kill any deer or fawn between the ist day of January and the 
ist day of October; and it shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any wild deer, wild turkey, pheas- 
ant, snipe, partridge, dove or other game bird killed within the dates aforesaid in violation of the pro- 
visions of this act. 

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The Game Laws in Brief. — Oregon. 33 



OREGON. 

Act of Feb. 28, 1895. 

Elk, Moose, Mountain Sheep, Deer.— Sec. i. Every person who shall at anj- 
time between the ist day of December of each year and the 1st day of August of the 
following- year kill any elk, moose or mountain sheep, shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor. Every person who shall kill any moose, elk. mountain sheep or deer, for 
the purpose of obtaining the skin, hide, ham or hams of such animals, shall be guilty of 
a misdemeanor. 

Deer. — Sfx'. 2. Every person who shall kill any spotted fawn sha]l be guilty of sl 
misdemeanor. Sec. 3. Every person who shall, between the ist day of December \\\ 
each year and the 1st day of August in the following year, or shall, between one hour 
after sunset and one half hour before sunrise of any day, hunt, kill or destroy any deer^ 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall kill any deer at any time^ 
unless the carcass of such animal is used or preserved, or is sold for food, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Hounds.— Sec. 4. Any person who shall hunt elk or deer with hounds, with intent 
to kill said elk or deer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Birds.— Sec. 6. Every person who shall, between the ist day of December and the 
1st day of September of the following year, kill or have in possession, except for breeding: 
purposes, or sell or offer for sale, any grouse, pheasant, mongolian pheasant, quail or 
partridge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that it shall be un- 
lawful to kill any prairie chicken, except during the months of July, August and Sep- 
tember of each year. It shall be unlawful within the State of Oregon to kill any ring; 
neck mongolian pheasant, or any of the various kinds of pheasants imported into this 
State by the Hon. O. N. Denny, or any quail, bobwhite or pheasant in that portion of 
the State of Oregon lying east of the Cascade Mountains. 

Lawful Number. — Skc. 8. No person shall in one day kill or destroy a greater 
number than twenty of the hereinbefore enumerated birds. 

Export. — Sec. 9. Every person or servant, agents, employees or operatives of any 
railroad, steamboat, express or other company or corporation, who shall transport oV 
carry out of the State, or have in possession for the purpose of shipment or carriage 
outside the State of Oregon, any of the birds named in the foregoing section, except 
for breeding or exhibition purposes, without written consent for the same having first 
been obtained, upon affidavit, from the Fish and Game Protector, shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor. 

Trout. — Sec. 14. Every person who shall, during the months of November,, 
December, January, February and March of any year, catch any mountain lake^ 
brook or speckled trout from any fresh water, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Every person who shall catch with any other device than hook and line any mountain 
or brook trout shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Wildfowl Methods. — Sec. 15. Every person who shall use any sink box on the 
Columbia River or any lake or river for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese> 
swan or other water fowl therefrom, at any time, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor. Sec. 16. Every person who shall use any batteries or swivel pivot gun, or 
any other gun than one to be held in the hands and fired from the shoulder, either 
from the shore or on a boat, raft or other device, on the Columbia River or on any 
lake or river, at any time, for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan or other 
waterfowl, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 17. Every person who shall use 
or build any blind or other structure in any public lake or river, or in the Columbia 
River, moie than 100 feet out from the shore or margin of such lake or river, for the 
purpose of shooting wild ducks, geese, swan or other water fowl therefrom, at any 

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The Game Laws in Brief. — Oregon. 



time, should be gxiilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. i8. Every person who shall build or 
use any blind or other structure in any lake other than public lakes, more than loo 
feet out from the shore or margin of such lake, for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, 
geese, swan or other water fowl therefrom, at anytime, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
.Sec. 19. Every person who shall build or use any blind or other structures in any 
lake, which lake is not wholly owned by himself, or his lessor or licensor, which stands 
more than 100 feet out from his own shore or margin of such lake, for the purpose of 
shooting wild ducks, geese, swan or other water fowls therefrom, shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor. Sec. 20. Every person who shall at any time between one hour after 
sunset and half an hour before sunrise lire off any gun, or build any fire or flash any 
light or powder or other inflammable substance upon the margin or in the vicinity of 
or upon any lake, pond, slough or other feeding grounds frequented by wild ducks, 
geese, swan or other water fowl, with intent to thereby shoot, kill or disturb any of such 
water fowl, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, however, that it shall be law- 
ful to shoot ducks and geese in or upon grain fields at any time to prevent the destruc- 
tion of grain or growing crops; and provided further, that Curry county shall be 
exempt from the operation of tiiis law. 

Wildfowl Season. — Sec. 21. Every person who shall, between the 15th day of 
March and the 1st day of September of each year, kill or have in possession any 
wild swan, mallard ducks, wood ducks, widgeon, teal, spoonbill, gray, black, sprig- 
tail or canvas back duck, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Robin, Meadow Lark, Other Birds. — Sec. 25. Every person who shall kill or 
destroy or have in his possession, except for breeding purposes, any nightingale, sky- 
lark, black thrush, gray singing thrush, linnet, goldfinch, greenfinch, chaffinch, bull- 
finch, red-breasted European robin, black starling, cross beak, Oregon robin or 
meadow lark, or mocking bird, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec, 26. Every 
person who shall within the State of Oregon, at any tune after the passage of this act, 
destroy or remove from the nest of any nightingale, skylark, black thrush, gray sing- 
ing thrush, linnet, goldfinch, greenfinch, chaffinch, bullfinch, red-breasted European 
robin, black starling, cross beak or mocking bird, any egg or eggs of such bird, or have 
in possession, sell or offer for sale any such egg or eggs, or wilfully destroy the nests 
of such birds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 27. That every person who 
shall wilfully take, injure or destroy any sea gull shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Trespass. — Sec. 28. No person shall at any time enter into any standing or 
growing grain not his own, with intent to catch, recover, take or kill any bird or ani- 
mal, nor permit any dog with which he shall then be hunting to do so for such pur- 
pose, without permission from the owner or the person in charge thereof. It shall be 
unlawful for any person to shoot upon or from the public highway. 




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The Game Laws in Brief. — Minnesota. 35 



MINNESOTA. 

Chap. 9 — Laws 1891, as amended 1895. 

Birds. — Sec. 6. No person shall catch, take, kill or have in possession or under 
control for any purpose whatever, at any time, any whippoorwill, night hawk, blue- 
bird, finch, thrush, linnet, lark, wren, martin, swallow, bobolink, robin, turtledove, 
catbird, spotted sandpiper, pie bill .crreve or helldiver, cormorant, bittern and great 
blue heron, gull or any other harmless bird, except blackbirds and English sparrows, 
except as hereinafter allowed; but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the 
keeping of song birds in cages as domestic pets. Nor any of the bird's hereinafter 
mentioned within the periods herein Timited, to wii: Woodcock and Bartram or upland 
plover, between the 31st day of October and the 4th day of July following. Prairie 
chickens, or white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse, between the ist day of November 
and the ist day of September following. Quail, partridge, ruffed grouse or pheasant, 
between the 1st day of December and the ist day of September following. Wild duck 
of any variety, or any variety of wild goose, brant, or any variety of snipe or aquatic 
fowl whatever, between the 15th day of April and the ist day of September following, 
except that golden or prairie plover may be caught, taken or had in possession between 
the 1st day of September and the ist day of June following; but no person shall be 
permitted to kill any such fowl while nesting, or in localities where they are accus- 
tomed to build their nests, during the nesting period. 

Wildfowl Methods. — Sec. 10. No person at any time shall set, lay or prepare any 
trap, snare net, bird lime, swivel gun or any other contrivance or device whatever with 
intent to catch, take or kill any of the birds in this act mentioned; nor make use of 
any artificial light, battery or any other deception, contrivance or device whatever with 
the intent to attract or deceive any of the birds in this act mentioned; except that 
decoys and blinds may be used in hunting wild geese and ducks; but no person shall 
at any time hunt or shoot from any boat, canoe, contrivance or device whatever on 
any waters in this State between dark and daylight. 

Elk, Moose, Caribou, Deer.— Sec. 11, No person shall catch, take, kill or have in 
possession or under control for any purpose whatever, any fawn at any time, nor any 
elk, moose or caribou before the 1st day of January, 1898; nor any variety of deer 
at any time between the 20th day of November and the ist day of November follow- 
ing- except that when the same have been lawfully caught, taken or killed, they may 
be had in possession or under control for five days after the time herein limited for 
use, in the manner and for the purpose herein allowed. No person shall take, catch 
or kill more than five deer during any one open season. All carcasses, saddles or 
parts of venison, all game, birds and all protected fish enclosed in any covering, when 
shipped or transported by any common carrier, public or private conveyance, shall be 
marked in plain letters in the English language — the kind of game, with the full name 
of the owner, to whom shipped, and the destination of such shipment. Sec. i^^ No 
person shall kill any of the animals mentioned in Sec. 9 in any other manner than by 
shooting them with a gun held to the shoulder. Sec. 13. No person shall hunt with 
dogs any of the animals mentioned in Sec. 9; nor make use of any artificial light or 
any other deception, contrivance or device whatever, with intent to attract or deceive 
any of said animals. 

Trespass. — Sec. 15. No person shall at any time enter into any growing or stand- 
ing grain not his own, with intent to catch, recover, take or kill any bird or animal, 
nor permit any dog with which he shall then be hunting to do so for such purpose! 
without permission from the owner or the person in charge thereof. No person shall 
at any time enter upon land not his own, with intent to catch, recover, take or kill any 
bird or animal, after being- notified not to do so by the owner or occupant thereof. 
Such notice may be given orally, in writing or print, or by posting notices to that 
effect, in the English language, in conspicuous places on the land sought to be 
protected. 

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36 The Game Laws in Brief. — Minnesota. 



Fish.: — Sec. 16, No person shall catch any variety of trout between the 1st day of 
September and the ist day of May following; nor any other food tish (except that 
whitetish, lake trout, lake herring, sturgeon, pickerel and any variety of pike, except 
that commonly known as glass-eyed or wall-eyed pike, may be caught and taken in all 
international waters at any time) between the ist day of March and the ist day of 
May following. [Sec. 20 forbids taking whitefish, wall-eyed pike, trout or bass 
(except rock bass) less than 6in. in length.] 

Minnow Nets; Export of Fish. — Sec. 17. Provided further, that a net for 
catching minnows for bait may be used in all waters uninhabited by any variety of 
trout. And no person, persons, corporation or association shall at any time catch, 
take, kill or have in possession or under control any black bass, gray or Oswego bass, 
silver bass, croppies, rock bass, any variety of pike, perch or trout, taken or killed in 
the inland lakes, ponds or rivers in the State of Minnesota with intent to ship the 
same out of this State, or with intent to allow or aid any such shipment. 

Lawful Amount of Game and Fish. — Sec. 21. No person shall wantonly waste 
or destroy any of the birds, animals or fish in this act mentioned. The killing of 
more than twenty-five birds by any one person, or the catching of more than fifty fish, 
excepting whitefish, lake trout, lake herring and sturgeon, pickerel and any variety of 
pike, except that commonly known as glass-eyed or wall-eyed pike, caught in inter- 
national waters by any one person in one day, shall be deemed a wanton destruction 
of all such birds or fish killed or caught in excess of said number. 

Export of Game and Fish. — Sec. 22. No person shall kill or have in possession 
any of the birds, animals or fish killed in this State, except whitefish, lake trout, lake 
herring and sturgeon, pickerel and any variety of pike except that commonly known as 
glass-eyed or wall-eyed pike caught in international waters with intent to ship the same 
beyond the limits of this State, or shall ship or intentionally allow or aid in their ship- 
ment out of this State. Provided, however, that when any fish other than "whitefish, 
lake trout, sturgeon and herring" are taken, to be used exclusively for consumption 
and not for commercial purposes, and not in excess of the number expressly stipulated 
in the preceding section [Sec. 21], and when the same are actually accompanied by the 
person who actually caught them, they may be transported or taken out of the State, 
but not otherwise. 

Non-Resident License. — Act approved April 25, 1895. — Sec. i. That it shall be 
unlawful for any person not a hona-fide resident of the State of Minnesota to pursue, 
hunt or kill any game bird or animal in the State of Minnesota at any time, without 
first procuring a license therefor from the Board of Game and Fish Commissioners of 
the State of Minnesota, and having recorded the same in the office of the Register of 
of deeds in and for the county in which said game is pursued, hunted or killed. Sec. 
2. It shall be the duty of the Board of Game and Fish Commissioners of the State of 
Minnesota to i'jsue a license to any person a non-resident of the State of Minnesota 
whom they shall find to be a careful and prudent person, and accustomed to the use 
of firearms, to pursue, hunt and kill game in the State of Minnesota, during the open 
season, for any term hereafter not exceeding one year, ending on the ist day of Janu- 
ary of the year next succeeding the application therefor, upon the payment to the 
treasurer of said Commissioners of the sum of $25. Provided, that this act shall apply 
only to citizens of such States as have restrictive laws against non-resident hunters. 

THE DATE OF THIS REVISION. 

This work is revised to the date given on last index page, facing back 
cover. Any changes made in a law as printed in the body of the book 
will be noted on the index page. 



The Game Laws in Brief. — Maryland. 37 



MARYLAND. 

Partridge, Woodcock, Pheasant, Rabbit.— Public General Laws, Art. 99.— 
Sec. 13 [as amended by Chap. 401, Laws 1894], No person shall kill any partridge 
between the 24th day of December and the ist day of November next ensuing in each 
and every year; nor any woodcock, between the 24th day of December and the 15th 
day of June; nor any pheasant between the 24th day of December and the 15th day of 
August; nor any rabbit between the 24th day of December and the ist day of 
November; but this act shall not apply to any county of this State now subject to a. 
local law or laws governing the killing of partridges, woodcock, pheasants or rabbits. 

Wildfowl. — Public General Laws, 1888, Article 99. — Sec. i. No person shall 
shoot any water-fowl bedded in flocks, either upon the feeding or roosting grounds, 
or elsewhere, from any vessel, boat, float, canoe, or any craft of any kind what- 
ever. Sec. 2. No person shall shoot any water-fowl, from any booby-blind, or 
artificial point erected at a greater distance than one hundred yards from the natural 
shore from which the same may be extended. Sec. 3. No person shall shoot any 
water-fowl flying about their feeding grounds or elsewhere, from vessels, boat, float, 
canoe or craft of any kind. 

Wildfowl — Chesapeake Bay. — Public Local Laws, 1888. — Sec. 380. All that 
part of the Chesapeake bay and its waters, lying northward of a line beginning at the 
light-house on Turkey point in Cecil county, and drawn westward to a point half a 
mile north of the most northerly part of Spesutia Island, thence westward within half 
a mile of, and north of the northern end of said island and the adjacent mainland 
until it reaches the shore in Harford county, at or near Oakington, shall be subject to 
the operation of the sections following. Sec. 381. The season for shooting wildfowl 
northward of the line shall be from Nov. i to March 31, and it shall not be lawful to 
kill wildfowl except from ashore, and southward of a line drawn east from Point Con- 
cord light-house in Harford county to Carpenter's Point on the western shore of Cecil 
county, at any other time. Sec. 382. It shall be lawful to shoot teal ducks, mallards, 
black ducks, bald pates, and all other ducks, known as marsh ducks, in any manner 
Other than by swivel gun, or big gun, from one hour before sunrise until one hour 
after sunset every day from Aug. 15 to Oct. i. Sec. 383. No person shall shoot any 
wildfowl in the night time. Sec. 384. No person shall shoot at any wildfowl from any ves- 
sel, boat, float, canoe, sneak-boat, sink-boat, or any other craft of any kind or descrip- 
tion whatever, within one-quarter of a mile of any shore in Cecil or Harford counties. 
Sec. 386. No person shall kill wild waterfowl from any boat, box or vessel of any 
kind or description whatever, with any big or swivel gun, or any kind of gun which 
cannot be conveniently discharged from the shoulder at arm's length, and without 
a rest. Sec. 387. No person shall gun for wild water-fowl but three days in each 
week, until Jan. i, during the season; those days prior to Jan. r, shall be Monday,- 
Wednesday and Friday; and on and after Jan. I, shall be Monday, Wednesday, Fri- 
day and Saturday, until the end of the season; and each of the said days shall com- 
prehend the time intervening between one hour before sunrise and half an hour after 
sunset, of each day, and no more, and is not to include any part or period of a night, 

Sink-Box, Sneak-Boat, License.— Secs. 388, 389. No person shall use any 
sink-box or sneak-boat of any description on the aforesaid waters for shooting wildfowl, 
without having first obtained a license from the clerk of the circuit court for Harford 
or Cecil county. 

Trout.— Article 39. — Sec. 73. It shall not be lawful to catch any speckled brook 
trout, or any speckled river trout, except during the months of April, May, June, 
July and the first fifteen days in the month of August. [Chap. 380, Laws 1892. — 
Close season in Frederick county, January to March and September to December, in- 
clusive. Chap. 653. Close season in Baltimore county, July to February, inclusive, 
and none to be taken under six inches.] 

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MARYLAND COUNTY LAWS. 

Local laws forbid the killing of game between the dates specified below. 
Non-resident license fees (when required) are noted. 

ALLEGANY. - Pheasant, Jan. i to Sept. i. Partridge, Jan. i to Oct. 15. Woodcock, Feb. i to July 
15. Rabbit, Jan. i to Oct. 15. Wild turkey, Jan. i to Oct. 15. Robin, April i to March i. Deer» 
except in months of August to December, inclusive. 

ANNE ARUNDEL. - Partridge, quail, woodcock, pheasant, rabbit, Dec. 15 to Nov. 10. Robin, 
April I to Feb i. Ortolan, sora, rail, Nov. i to Sept. 5. Nonresidents forbidden to hunt at any time 
except by invitation of landowner. License fee, $6.50. Non-residents may not shoot on Patuxent 
River and tributary waters anj' goose, duck, snipe, ortolan or other wildfowl, except by permission erf" 
citizens a jacent. 

BALTIMORE. -Partridge, rabbit, to Nov. 8, 1895; thereafter, Dec. 24 to Nov. 8 inclusive. 
Pheasant, gray squirrel, to Sept. i, 1895 ; thereafter, pheasant, Jan. i to Sept. i inclusive ; gray squirrel, 
Nov. I to Sept. I inclusive. Woodcock to June 15, 1895 *. thereafter, Feb. i to June 15 inclusive. Non- 
resident license fee $10, except by permission of landowner. 

CALVERT.— Partridge, to Nov. i, 1895 ; theieafter, Jan. 11 to Nov. i. License fee, $6.50. 

CAROLINE.— Partridge, Feb. i to Nov. i. Woodcock, I'eb. i to July 4. Rabbit, Jan. i to Nov. i. 
Sora, water rail, Jan. i to Sept. 20. Wildfowl, April i to Sept. 10. License fee, $4 50. 

CARROLL. Partridge, pheasant, woodcock, rabbit, Nov. i to Oct. 10, exclusive. Squirrel, Nov. 
1 to Sept. 10 exclusive. Non-resident license fee $10, except by landowner's permission. 

CECIL. — Partridge, rabbit, Jan. 10 to Nov. i. Woodcock, Jan. i to June 10. Rail bird, pheasant, 
Feb. I to Sept. 5. Unlawful to shoot wildfowl from sink boat or other boat in waters of Elk and 
Bohemia rivers. 

CHARLES —Partridge, Dec. 24 to Nov. i. Woodcock, Feb. 24 to July 4. Rabbit, Jan. 15 to Oct. 
15. License fee, $20. 

DORCHESTER.— Partridge, Feb. i to Nov. i. Woodcock, Feb. i to June 15. Rabbit, Jan. 15 to 
Oct. 20. License fee, $5. 

FREDERICK.— Pheasant, partridge, rabbit, Jan. i to Nov. i. Wild turkey, Jan. 15 to Nov. 15. 
Squirrel, Dec. 20 to Aug. 15. 

GARRETT. — Partridge, woodcock, Dec. i to Oct. i. Pheasant, to Oct. 1, 1897; thereafter, Nov. 
31 to Oct. 1. Wild turkey, Jan. i to Sept. 15. Deer, Jan. i to Sept. 30 (use of dogs forbidden at all 
times). 

HARFORD. — Partridge, pheasant, robin, rabbit, Dec. 15 to Nov. 15. Rail bird, reed-bird, Dec. 15 
to Sept. I. Woodcock, Aug. 10 to June 10 Non-resident license fee $10, unless by landowner's per- 
mission. 

HOWARD.— Pheasant, Dec. 24 to Aug. 15. Partridge, Dec. 24 to Oct. 31. Woodcock, Dec. 24 to 
June 15. Rabbit, Dec. 24 to Oct. 31. License fee, $7. 50. 

KENT. Partridge, quail. Bob Whites, woodcock, robin, rabbit, except Nov i to Dec. 24. Dove, 
plover, wild pigeon, except Aug. i to Dec. 24. Snipe, except March 15 to June i. Reed-bird, rail-bird, 
ortolan, except Sept. i to Nov. i. Non-resident license fee $15, or $5 if invited by a landowner. Ex- 
port game license, $100. 

MONTGOMERY.— Pheasant, Jan. i to Sept. i. Partridge, Dec. 15 to Nov. i. Woodcock, Jan. i 
to July I. Rabbit, Feb. i to Sept. i. Wild turkey, Feb. i to Nov. i. Squirrel, Dec. 15 to Aug. i. 
Wood duck, Jan. i to Sept. i. 

PRINCE GEORGE.- Partridge, Dec. 24 to Nov. i. Woodcock, Sept. i to Nov. i, and Dec. 24 to 
June 15. Rabbit, Dec. 24 to Nov. i. Ortolan, sora, rail, Nov. i to Sept. 5. Robin, April i to Nov. i. 
License fee, $20. Non-residents on Patuxent same as Anne Arundel. Trout, bass and salmon in 
Eastern Branch of the Potomac and tributaries. 

QUEENE ANNE'S.— Partridge, Dec 24 to Nov. i. Woodcock, Feb. i to July 4 Rabbit, Dec. 
24 to Nov I. Robin, March i to (Jct. i. 

ST. MARY'S. Partridge, Dec. 24 to Nov. i. Woodcock, Feb. 24 to July 4. Rabbit, Jan. 1510 
Sept. I. License fee $20. 

SOMERSET.- Partridge, quail, Jan. 15 to Nov. 10; night killing forbidden. Wild duck, April i 
to Oct. I. Hare, rabbit, Jan. 15 to Nov. 10. Woodcock, Jan. i to June 15. Wild goose, April i to 
Nov. I. License fee $9 50. 

TALBOT. -Partridge, Dec 31 to Nov. i. Woodcock, Jan. i to July 4. Sora, water rail and sum- 
mer duck, Jan. I to Sept. 10 Rabbit, Dec. 31 to Nov. i. License fee $9.50. 

WASHINGTON. Woodcock, except July 12 to Dec. 25. Pheasant, dove, except Aug. 12 to Dec. 
25. Squirrel, except June i to July i and Sept. 15 to Dec. i. Deer, wild turkey, except Nov. i to 
Jan 15. Quail, partridge, rabbit, except Oct. 20 to Dec. 25. Ferrets forbidden. Bass, perch, cattish, 
bullhead, pike or pickerel, April i to June 30; forbidden to take any less than 10 inches. Trout (of all 
kinds), landlocked salmon, whitefish, Sept. i to March 31. Forbidden to take any whitefish, land- 
locked salmon or lake trout of less than 10 inches, or any other trout of less than 8 inches. 

W^ICOMICO. Woodcock, Feb. i to June 15. Plover, sandpiper, partridge, quail, Jan. 15 to Nov. 
15. Wood or summer duck, Jan. i to Sept. 10. Squirrels, Feb. 15 to Sept. i. Rabbit, Jan. 15 to Nov. 
1. Use of light at night for wildfowl forbidden. 

WORCESTER.— Partridge, Feb. 15 to Nov. 15. Woodcock, Feb. i to July 10. Wood or summer 
duck, March i to Sept. i. Rabbit, Jan. 15 to Nov. i. Wildfowl, April 10 to Nov. 1. License fee, $10 
for wildfowling. 

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ARIZONA. 

Deer, Antelope. — Act of April 12, 1S93. — Sec. i. Any person who shall between 
the 1st day of January and the ist day of September kill any male or female deer or 
fawn or antelope is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Elk, Mountain bheep, Big Horn. — Sec. 2. Any persen who shall at any time 
during the period of five years next, subsequent to the passage of this act, kill any elk, 
male or female, or any mountain sheep or big horn, male or female, is guilty of a 
misdemeanor. 

Wild Turkey, Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Partridge, Quail. — Sec. 3. Any 
person who shall between the ist day of April and the ist day of September in each 
year kill any wild turkey, grouse, prairie chicken, partridge or quail is guilty of a 
misdemeanor. The provisions of this paragraph are not to be construed to apply to 
individuals killing quail on their own premises inclosed. 

Brook or Mountain Trout. — Sec. 5. Any person who shall between the ist day 
of November and the ist day of April in each year, take any of the brook or mountain 
trout is guilty of a misdemeanor. The provisions of this paragraph are not to be 
construed as applying to rights of individuals over private lakes, ponds or pools. 

Exportation. — Sec. 7. If any agdnt of a common carrier or private individual 
have or receive any of the game animals, birds or fishes mentioned in this act, for 
transportation outside of the limits of this Territory, at any time, they shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor. 



KENTUCKY. 

Deer.— Act Feb. 27, 1894, in effect June 12, 1894. — Sec. i. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to kill any buck, doe or fawn between the ist day of March and the 
1st day of September. 

Squirrel. — Sec. 2. No person shall kill any black, gray or fox squirrel, between the 
ist day of February and the 15th day of June; provided, gray squirrels may be killed 
for protection of crops. 

Wildfowl. — Sec. 3. No person shall kill any wild goose, wood-duck, teal or other 
wild duck, between the 1st day of April and the 15th day of August. 

Wild Turkey. — Sec. 4. No person shall kill any wild turkey, between the ist day 
of February and the 1st day of September. 

Woodcock. — .Sec. 5. No person shall kill any woodcock between the ist day of 
February and the 20th day of June. 

Quail, Partridge, Pheasant. — Sec. 6. No person shall kill any quail, partridge or 
pheasant between the 1st day of January and the 15th day of November. 

Dove. — Sec. 7. No person shall kill any dove between the ist day of February and 
the 1st day of August. 

Other Birds. — Sec. 8. No person shall at any time kill any thrush, meadow-lark, 
finch, martin, swallow, woodpecker, flicker, oriole, red-bird, tanager, cat-bird, blue- 
bird or other song or insectivorous bird, except where the same shall be destructive to 
the fruit or grain crops. 

ALABAMA. 

Ring-Necked Pheasant. — Chap. 365, Laws 1S93. — Sec. i. It shall be unlawful 
to kill any ring-necked pheasant for the term of eight vears from the ist day of June, 

1893. ' . • . . 

Other Game and Fish. — There is no general State law on other game, nor on 
fish. 

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WASHINGTON. 

Use of Dogs — Hides or Horns. — Act of Feb. 6, 1890. — Sec. i. That it shall be 
unlawful to hunt or chase deer with dogs. Sec, 2, That it shall be unlawful to hunt 
<leer, mule deer, caribou, elk, mountain sheep or goats for the purpose of securing 
their hides or horns. 

Elk, Moose, Deer, Mountain Sheep, Mountain Goat. — Chap, 54, Laws 1888. 
— Sec. I. That every person who shall between the 1st day of January and the I5tk 
<lay of August kill any elk, moose, deer, fawn, mountain sheep or mountain goat, 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall kill any elk^ 
moose, deer, fawn, mountain sheep or goat, at any time, unless the carcass of such 
animal is used or preserved for food; or shall, between the ist day of January and 
the 15th day of August, sell any hides or horns of same, shall be deemed guilty, etc. 

Hunting Elk and Moose with Dogs. — Sec. 2. Every person who shall hunt 
any elk or moose with dog or dogs, at any time, except during the months of Octo- 
ber, November and December, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Wildfowl. — Sec. 3. Every person who shall, between the ist day of April and the 
15th day of August, kill any wild swan, mallard duck, v ood duck, widgeon, teal, 
butter-ball, spoon-bill, blue-bill, red head, gray duck, black duck, sprigtail or canvas- 
back duck, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. II. Every person who shall kill 
any mallard duck, widgeon, teal, butter-ball, spoon-bill, wood duck, gray duck, black 
duck, blue-bill, red-head, sprigtail, or canvasback duck at any season of the year, be- 
tween the hours of eight o'clock P. M. and five o'cl(7ck A. M., shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor. Sec. 13, Every person who shall use any sink-box, floating blind, rafts 
sneak boat, punt or any other device for approaching any of the water fowl mentioned 
in this chapter, while the same are resting on the waters of this State, shall be 
^ilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to 
prevent the shooting of any of the water fowl mentioned therein from shore blinds ta- 
over decoys with any gun which is fired from the shoulder of the shooter. 

Grouse or Pheasant, Sage Hen. — Sec. 4. Every person who shall, between the 
ist day of January and the ist day of August of each year, kill any mountain grouse, 
blue or dusky grouse, ruffed grouse or pheasant, pintail grouse, or prairie chicken or 
sage hen, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Killing Feathered Game for Sale. — Act of March 9, 1891. — Sec. i. It shall be 
unlawful to kill any feathered game for the market or sale in any month except the 
month of December. Sec. 2. Such game shall be of the several kinds, as follows; 
Swan, geese, brants, sand-hill cranes, grouse, pheasants, partridges, prairie chicken, 
snipe, and all the various and different kinds of ducks. 

Quail, Mongolian Pheasants. — Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful to kill quail 
and golden, silver, China or Mongolian pheasants for the period of five years aftw 
this act becomes a law. [March g, 1S91.] 

Trout. — Act of March 6, 189! [as amended 1895]. — Sec. i. Every person who 
shall during the months of November, December, January, February and March of 
each year take any trout, mountain trout, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Everj 
person who shall take any of the food fishes implanted in the creeks, rivers, lakes or 
bays, except for propagating the same, for a period of three years after the same shall 
have been implanted, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Salmon. — Act of Feb. 11. 1890. — Sec. i. It shall not be lawful to take salmon in 
the Columbia River or its tributaries by any means whatever between the ist day of 
March and the loth day of April, or between the loth day of August and the lOtk 
day of September, or in any rivers and bays of the State, or the Columbia River, 
between the hours of six o'clock P. M. on each and every Saturday and six o'clock ia 
the afternoon of the following Sunday. 

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WISCONSIN. ~~ 

Chap. 221, Laws 1895 (in effect April 16, 1895). 

Trout. — Sec. 21. It is unlawful to catch any of the fish mentioned in this section 
during the close season therefor: Speckled or brook trout, California or rainbow 
trout, or mountain or brown trout, or any other variety of trout with which the streams 
of the State may have been stocked. The close season for the varieties of trout men- 
tioned in this section begins in each year on the 20th day of August and ends on the 
15th day of April. 

Ice Fishing, Fishways, Bass Season, Pickerel, Wall-eyed Pike, Muskal- 
longe.— Sec. 22. It is unlawful to fish through the ice in any of the inland waters 
with more than one hook and line. To kill, capture or take, by any device or in any 
manner, in any of the inland waters of this State any black bass, green bass, Oswego 
bass, white bass, pickerel, wall-eyed pike and muskallonge during the close season 
thereof, which begins on the ist day of March and ends on the ist day of June in 
each year, excepting as hereinafter provided. 

Deer, Water-Fowl, other Birds.— Sec. 23. It is unlawful and prohibited; 

(i) To kill any deer, buck, doe or fawn between the 21st day of November in each 
year and the succeeding ist day of November in the year following; all the months of 
the year except the first twenty day^ of the month of November being hereby declared 
the close season; provided, however, that the killing of any deer is prohibited in the 
county of Sheboygan for the period of five years. (2) To hunt deer, buck or doe in 
the night time; or at any time with dogs. (3) To use a dog or dogs to hunt rabbits 
during the time the law permits the hunting of deer; provided, that this subdivision 
shall not apply to the counties of Green. Dane, Rock, Walworth, Kenosha, Racine, 
Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Ozaukee, Fond du Lac, Columbia, Winnebago, 
Calumet, Dodge, Washington, Iowa, Crawford, Grant, Manitowoc, Kewaunee and 
that portion of Door lying south of Sturgeon Bay and La P'ayette. 

(4) To kill any California quail, woodcock, quail, partridge, pheasant or ruffed 
grouse, prairie hen or prairie chicken, sharp-tailed grouse or grouse of any variety, 
mallard, teal or wood duck, plover or snipe, between the ist day of December in each 
year and the succeeding 20th day of August in the following year. 

(5) To kill any Mongolian, Chinese or English pheasant, or any other variety of 
pheasants, for a period of five years. The shooting of ducks by aid of a light during 
the night time is hereby prohibited. 

(6) To kill any wild duck of any variety, or wild goose or brant, between the ist day 
of May and the succeeding ist day of September. 

(7) To use in the pursuit of any duck, goose or brant or other acquatic bird any 
sneak boat, raft or box of whatever description, which such boat, raft or box shall be 
in whole or in part arranged so as in any manner to conceal the person or persons 
occupying the same. 

(8) To catch any wild duck of any variety in any net or to place any net in or upon 
any waters frequented by wild ducks of any variety, or under said waters. 

(9) To take, catch or kill or attempt to take, catch or kill any of the animals, birds 
or v/ater-fowl mentioned in this section by means of any snare, net, trap or spring gun 
or similar contrivance, or to place, spread or set, or permit to be placed, spread or set 
any such net, trap or snare or spring gun or device for the purpose of catching such 
animals, birds or water-fowls. 

(10) To use in pursuit of any animals, fowls or birds any pivot gun or swivel gun 
or any other firearm not habitually held at arm's length and discharged from the 
shoulder. 

(11) To take, catch, kill or destroy otter, martin, mink or fisher between the ist day 
of May and the succeeding ist day of October. 

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(12) To catch or kill at any time or for any purpose whatever, except as authorized 
in this act, any whippoorwill, night hawk, bluebird, finch, thrush, lark, robin, turtle 
dove or any other harmless bird, except black birds and sparrows. 

(13) For any person not the owner thereof, or some person by him authorized to 
take, catch, kill, impede in its progress or otherwise interfere with any carrier or 
homing pigeon or pigeons. 

Exportation. — Sec. 27. It is unlawful for any person (4) to ship, carry or trans- 
port or receive for shipment or transportation to any point or place out of this State, 
any fish taken in the inland waters of this State, excepting that when accompanying 
and having in his personal charge the owner of such fish may carry out of the State 
twenty pounds or two such fish. (5) To transport any carcass or carcasses of deer, 
buck, fawn or doe, except when such carcass or carcasses are accompanied by the 
owner or owners thereof, and each such owner so accompanying shall not be entitled 
to more than two carcasses, as aforesaid, upon such trip. (6) To transport, ship or 
carry out of the State, to sell or offer for sale, any ducks of any variety, snipe or plover, 
between the 1st day of December and the succeeding ist day of September. 

Fish, Game and Birds taken for Scientific Purposes.— Sec. 28. The com- 
missioners of fisheries may grant certiticates to any member of an incorporated society 
of natural history, or to any professor of any university, school or college, or any per- 
son properly accredited by such institution, certifying that such person or institution 
is authorized (is hereby for such purpose authorized) to collect for strictly scientific 
purposes onlv, the nests, eggs, animals, birds and fish protected by this act or the 
laws of the State. 

Certain Localities, Waters. — Sec. 34. The provisions of this section shall 
apply only to the waters of Lake de Neveu, in the county of Fond du Lac. No 
person shall be allowed to take or kill any black or Oswego bass, pickerel or perch in 
said waters from the ist day of October in each year to the ist day of June following; 
and it shall be unlawful for .any person to take or kill or have in their possession black 
or Osw-ego bass or pickerel at said lake less than seven inches in length. Sec. 37. 
The waters of Rush Lake, in the counties of Winnebago and Fond du Lac, is hereby 
exempted from the provisions of this act relating to regulations upon the methods or 
times of taking, catching or killing fish. Sec. 3S. It shall be lawful to take or catch 
any kind of fish except trout from the waters of the Pecatonica river in Iowa and La 
Fayette counties with a hook and line at any time. Sec. 3gA. It shall be unlawful to 
fish in the waters of Devil's Lake, in the county of Sauk, by any means whatever, 
between the ist day of March and the succeeding ist day of July in each year. 




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The Game Laws in Brief.— New York. 43 

~ NEW YORK. 

Game Code as Amended 1896. 
All special county supervisors' laws have been repealed except for Suffolk. 

The following provisions apply to all the State except Long Island. 

Deer. — Sec. 40. Wild deer shall not be killed except from the i6th day of August 
to the 31st day of October, both inclusive. No person shall kill or take alive more 
than two deer'in any season. And in the counties of Ulster, Greene, Sullivan and 
Delaware no wild deer shall be killed at any time within live years from the passage 
of this act. [Venison lawfully killed may be possessed to Nov. 10.] 

Fawns. — Sp:c. 42. No fawns shall be caught or killed at any time. 

Jacking. — Sec. 43 [as amended 1S96]. Traps or any device whatsoever to trap and 
entice deer, including salt licks, shall not be made, set or used, and deer shall not be 
caught, hunted or killed by aid or use thereof. No jack light or any other artiticial 
light shall be used in hunting or killing or attempting to kill any deer, except from 
Sept. I to Sept. 15, both inclusive. 

Hounding. — Sec. 44 [as amended 1896]. Deer shall not be hunted, pursued or 
killed with any dog or bitch in this State at any time except from the 1st to the 15th 
day of October, both inclusive. Dogs of the breed commonly used for hunting deer 
shall not be permitted by the owner or person harboring the same to run at large 
except between such dates in the forest where deer inhabit. Deer shall not be hunted 
with dogs in the counties of St. Lawrence, Delaware, Greene, Ulster or Sullivan, 
except in the towns of Highland, Cumberland, Tusten, Cochecton and Bethel, in the 
county of Sullivan, deer may be hunted, pursued or killed with dogs from the ist to 
the 15th day of October, both inclusive. The provisions of this section as to the close 
season shall not apply to Long Island. If any dog or bitch of the breed used for 
hunting deer shall be found hunting, pursuing or killing any deer, or running at large 
in the forests of this State where deer inhabit, except between the 1st and 15th days 
of October, both inclusive, it shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the violation of 
the foregoing section by the person or persons owning, using, having or harboring 
such dog or bitch. Sec. 45. Dogs, while chasing deer in violation of law, may be 
killed by any person. 

Venison Transportation.— Sec 46. Deer or venison killed in this State shall not 
be transported to any point within or without the State from or through any of the 
counties thereof, or possessed for that purpose, except as follows: One carcass or a 
part thereof may be transported from the county where killed when accompanied by the 
owner. No individual shall transport or accompany more than two deer in any one 
year under the above provision. This section does not apply to the head and feet or 
skin of deer severed from the body. 

Crusting and Yarding.— Sec. 47. Deer shall not be hunted, killed or captured 
by what is commonly known as crusting, nor while they are yarded. 

Moose, Caribou and Antelope. Sec. 48. Moose, caribou or antelope shall not 
be killed or possessed or sold during the close season for the possession of deer or 
venison, after the same have been killed. 

Black and Gray Squirrels, Hares and Rabbits.— Sec, 49 [as amended 1896]. 
Black and gray squirrels, hares and rabbits shall not be hunted, shot at, killed or pos- 
sessed except from the 15th of October to the 15th day of February, both inclusive. 
The use of ferrets in the hunting of rabbits is hereby prohibited. I'he provisions of 
this section shall not apply to l*jng Island. The counties of Wayne, Onondaga and 
Oswego are hereby exempt from the provisions of this section in so far as it relates to 
the killing or hunting with ferrets of hares and rabbits. 

Beaver. — Sec. 50. No beaver shall be caught or killed at any time in this State. 

Wolves and Panthers. — Sec. 52. A bounty of $30 for each grown wolf, $15 for 
each pup wolf and $20 for each panther shall be paid to any person who shall kill such 
animals in the State. 

Wild Fo"wl. — Sec. 70. Web-footed wild fowl, except geese and brant, shall not 
be killed, possessed or sold between the last day of April and the 1st day of Septem- 
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mencing one hour before sunrise and terminating one hour after sunset. On the 
Hudson River below the dam at Troy, boats propelled by hand may be used for the 
purpose of shooting web-footed fowl. Sec. 71. Web-footed wild fowl shall not be 
killed or caught in any way. save with gun raised at arm's length and fired from the 
shoulder without other rest; nor from any boat other than a boat propelled by hand or 
floating device; nor by the use of any bough-house at a greater distance than fifty feet 
from either the shore or a natural growth of grass or flags. Such fowls caught or 
killed in any manner prohibited by this section shall not be brought to the shore, sold 
or possessed. 

Quail. — Sec. 72. Quail shall not be killed except during the months of November and 
December. Sec. 73. Quail shall not be sold or possessed except during the months 
of November, December and January; and they shall not be killed or possessed in the 
counties of Genesee, Wyoming, Orleans, Livingston, Monroe, Cayuga, Seneca, 
Wayne, Tompkins, Tioga, Onondaga, Ontario, Steuben, Cortland and Otsego, 
prior to the ist day of November, i8g8. 

Woodcock and Grouse. — Sec. 74. Woodcock, ruffed grouse, commonly known 
as partridge, or any member of the grouse family, shall not be killed except from the 
i6th day of August to the 31st day of December, both inclusive. Sec. 75. Wood- 
cock, ruffed grouse, commonly known as partridge, or any member of the grouse 
family, shall not be sold or possessed except from the i6th day of August to the 31st 
day of January following, both inclusive. 

Woodcock, Quail and Grouse not to be Transported.— Sec. 76. Woodcock, 
ruffed grouse, commonly known as partridge, or any member of the grouse family, or 
quail killed in this State, shall not be transported to any point within or without this 
State, from or through any of the counties thereof, or possessed for that purpose, 
except that such birds may be transported from the county where killed when accom- 
panied by the owner thereof. 

Plover and other Birds. — Sec. 77. Wilson's, commonly known as English snipe, 
plover, rail, mud-hen, gallinule, grebe, bittern, surf-bird, curlew, water, chicken, bay 
snipe or shore bird shall not be killed or possessed during the months of May, June, 
July and August. 

Certain Wild Birds Protected.— Sec. 78. Wild birds shall not be killed or caught 
at any time or possessed after the same are dead. This provision does not affect any 
birds the killing of which is prohibited between certain dates by the provisions of this 
act, nor does it protect the English sparrow, crow, hawk, crane, raven, crow blackbird, 
common blackbird and kingfisher; and it does not apply to any person holding a cer- 
tificate under the provisions of this act. 

Meadow Larks. — Sec. 79. Meadow larks shall not be killed or possessed after 
they are dead at any time. 

Destroying or Robbing Nests. — Sec. 80. The nests of wild birds shall not be 
robbed or wilfully or needlessly destroyed unless when necessary to protect buildings 
or prevent their defacement. This section does not apply to the English sparrow, 
hawk, crane, crow, raven, crow blackbird and common blackbird or kingfisher. 

Snaring, Netting or Trapping. — Sec. 81. English pheasants, ruffed grouse, 
commonly known as partridge, or any member of the grouse family, or quail, shall 
not be trapped, netted or snared. Any such net, trap or snare is declared to be a 
public nuisance and may be abated and summarily destroyed. 

Mongolian Ring-necked Pheasant. — Sec. 82. ^ No person shall kill, expose 
for sale, or have in his or her possession after the same has been killed, any wild 
Mongolian ring-necked pheasant {Phasins iorqttatiis) prior to the year 1900. The 
provisions of this section shall not applv to Suffolk county. 

Authority to Collect Birds for Scientific Purposes.— Sec. S3. Certificates 
may be granted by any incorporated society of natural history in the State, or by the 
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of the age of eighteen years or upwards, permitting the holder to collect birds, their 
nests or eggs, for strictly scientific purposes only. In order to obtain such certificate the 
applicant must present written testimonials from two well-known scientific men certi- 
fying to the good character and fitness of said applicant to be intrusted with such 
privilege. Sec. 84. Such person must pay $1 and nmst file a properly executed bond 
in the sum of $200, signed by two responsible citizens of the State as sureties. This 
bond shall be forfeited to the State and the certificate become void upon proof that 
the holder of such certificate has killed any bird or taken the nest of eggs of any bird 
for other than the purposes above mentioned. Sec. 85. Such certificates shall be in 
force for one year only from the date of their issue and shall not be transferable. 

FISH. 

Waters not to be Stocked from Streams. — Sec. 103. No trout of any kind, 
salmon trout or land-locked salmon shall be taken from any of the waters of this State 
for the purpose of stocking a private pond or stream. 

Fishing through the Ice in Waters Inhabited by Trout. — Sec. 104. No 
fish shall be fished for, caught or killed through the ice in any waters inhabited by 
trout, salmon trout or land-locked salmon during the closed season for the taking of 
such fish. The provisions of this section do not apply to Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, 
the Hudson and Niagara rivers, nor to Silver Lake, in the county of Wyoming, from 
the 1st day of January to the 15th day of February both inclusive. 

Trout. — Sec. 105. liout of any kind shall not be killed or possessed except from 
the ibth day of April to tiie 31st day of August, boih inclusive. 

Length of Trout, Salmon Trout, Land-locked Salmon. — Sec. 116. Trout 
•f any kind, salmon trout or land locked salmon less than six inches in length shall 
not be intentionally taken or possessed, and in case any such fish is caught the person 
taking it shall immediately place such fish back in the waters without unnecessary 
injury. 

Salmon Trout and Land-locked Salmon. — Sec. 108. Salmon trout, some- 
times known as lake trout, and land-locked salmon shall not be caught or killed in the 
inland waters of this State except from the ist day of May to the 30th of September, 
both inclusive. 

Transportation. — Sec. 109. Trout of any kind, salmon trout or land-locked 
salmon, caught in any of the inland waters of this State, shall not be transported to 
any point within or without the State from or through any of the counties thereof, or 
possessed for that purpose, except when accompanied by the owner. 

* Black Bass, Oswego Bass, Pickerel, Pike or Wall-eyed Pike. — Sec. iio. 
Black bass or Oswego bass shall not be caught or possessed except from the 30th day 
of May to the 31st day of December, both inclusive, and shall not be caug^ht in Lake 
George or Schroon Lake, except from the ist day of August to the 31st day of De- 
cember, both inclusive; and shall not be caught in the Schoharie River or Foxes Creek 
within three years from the 31st day of May, i8g6, except in the month of August. 
Pickerel, pike or wall-eyed pike shall not be caught or possessed except from the ist 
day of May to the 31st day of January, both inclusive, except as provided in Sec. 141. 
This section shall not apply to the St. Lawrence between Tibbet's Point lighthouse 
and the city of Ogdensburgh. 

* Bass Length.— Sec. hi. No black bass less than eight inches in length shall be 
intentionally taken from any of the waters of this State, nor possessed, and in case 
any such fish is caught or taken the person taking it shall immediately return it to the 
waters from which it was taken without unnecessary injury. 

* Muskallonge. — Sec. 112. Muskallonge shall not be caught or possessed except 
from the 30th day of May to -the last day of February, both inclusive. 

Salmon.— Sec. 113. Salmon shall not be caught or killed between the 15th day 
of August and the ist day of March following, nor shall such fish taken between 
those dates in this State be possessed. Sec. 114. No salmon less than eighteen 

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46 The Game Laws in Brief.— New York. 

inches in length shall be intentionally taken alive from any of the waters of this State, 
nor possessed, and in case any such fish is caught or taken the person taking it shall 
immediately place such fish back in the waters from which it was taken without un- 
necessary injury. 

Fishing Near Fishways. — Sec. 117. The commissioners of fisheries, game and 
forest are required to maintain fifty rods from any hshway erected by the State, and 
on both sides of the stream, signboards containing substantially the notice: "Fifty 
rods to the fishway; all persons are by law prohibited from fishing in this stream 
between this point and the fishway." The provisions of this section shall apply to 
public waters only. Sec. 118. Fishing or attempting to take fish by any device 
whatever, within fifty rods of such fishway, is forbidden. 

Salt-water Striped Bass. Sec. 121. No salt-water striped bass less than eight 
inches in length shall be intentionally taken nor possessed; and, in case any such fish 
is taken, the person so taking it shall immediately place such fish back into the water 
from which it was taken without unnecessary injury. 

Ice Fishing, Spearing, etc. — Sec. 141. Pickerel, bullheads, catfish, eels, perch 
and sunfish may be fished for through the ice with hooks and lines or tip-ups in Lake 
Keuka or Crooked Lake, or in any of the waters of the State not inhabited by trout, 
lake trout, salmon trout, black or Oswego bass, or land-locked salmon or muskallonge, 
and by set lines in the Susquehanna River, and in the waters of Port Bay, in the county 
of Wayne. Suckers, bullheads, eels and dog-fish may be caught at any time by means 
of hooking and spearing in Oneida Lake and Oneida River, or in any of the waters of 
the State not inhabited by trout, lake trout, land-locked salmon, muskallonge, black 
bass or Oswego bass. Provided, however, that pike, pickerel and wall-eyed pike may 
be taken with hook and line or spear, and muskallonge with hook and line, in any of 
the inland waters of this State not inhabited by trout, or salmon of any kind, during 
the months of December. January and February, except in waters of Cortland county. 
Suckers, bullheads and eels may be caught in Seneca Lake with seines, providing that 
permission so to do has been first obtained from the commissioners of fisheries, game 
and forests. 

Taking Minnows for Bait. — Sec. 145. The provisions of this act prohibiting the 
use of nets shall not apply to taking minnows for bait, but nets for that purpose must 
not exceed forty feet in length and four feet in depth, with ropes at either end not 
exceeding thirty feet. This section shall not authorize the use of nets or any other 
device of a kind used for catching fish in streams inhabited by trout, nor the taking 
of trout by means of nets or other devices except angling in any waters. 

Fishing with Nets and other Devices. — Sec. 150. Fishing with nets, seines, 
fykes, dip-nets or other devices except angling or placing, drawing or using the same 
in any of the rivers, lakes and inland waters of this State is prohibited except as per- 
mitted by this act, and except where otherwise provided. 

Angling Defined. — Sec. 300, Sub-Sec. 5. "Angling" is defined to mean taking 
fish with hook and line and by rod held in hands, and does not include set lines. In 
fishing from boats, rods and lines not exceeding two in number may be used by 
any one person. 

SPECIAL LONG ISLAND LAW. 

The following provisions apply exclusively to the counties of Kings, 
Queens and Suffolk, and Long Island Sound. 

Wild Fowl.— vSec. 161. Web-footed wild fowl shall not be killed or possessed from the ist day of May 
to the 30th day of September, both inclusive, nor shall the same be killed between sunset and daylight. 
Sec. 162. Floating devices may be used for the purpose of shooting web-footed wild fowl therefrom in 
Long Island Sound, Great South Bay, west of Smith's Point, Shinnecock and Peconic bays, and in any 
part of said counties said birds may be pursued and killed from boats propelled by hand, and from any 
sail boats in Long Island Sound, Gardiner and Peconic bays. 

Plover and other Birds.— Sec. 163. Plover, curlew, jack snipe, bittern, Wilson's, commonly 

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The Game Laws in Brief. New York. 47 

known as English snipe, yellow legs, killdeer, willet snipe, dowitcher, short-necks, rail, sand-piper, bay- 
snipe, surf snipe, winter snipe, ring-necks and oxeyes shall not be killed or possessed except from the 
ist day of July to the 31st d ^y of December, both inclusive. 

Meadow ^ ark, Wi odcock and Grouse.— Sec. 164. Ruffed grouse, commonly known as par- 
tridge, or any member of the grouse family or meadow larks shall not be killed trom the ist day of Jan- 
uary to the 31st day of October, both inclusive. Woodcock shall not be killed from the ist day of Jan- 
uary to the 31st day of July, inclusive. 

Trout. - Sec. 166. Trout shall not be caught except from the 29th day of March to the 31st day of 
August, both inclusive. 

Salmon Trout and Land-locked Salmon.— Sec. 167. Salmon trout and landlocked salmon 
shall not be caught except from the ist day of April to the 30th day of September, both inclusive. 

Black Bass, Close Season. — Sec. 168. Biack bass shall not be caught except from the 30th day 
of May to the 31st day of December, both inclusive. 

Hares and Rabbits. Sec. i6g Hares and rabbits shall not be killed or possessed except from the 
ist day of Novemb r to the 31st day of December, both incliisive. _ The use of ferrets is prohibited. 

Deer. — Shc. 170 [as amended iSq6]. Shooting at, hunting with dogs or otherwise, or killing deer 
is prohibited, except during each Wednesday in the month of November in each year. 

Black and Gray Squurels. Sec. 171. Black and gray squirrels shall not be killed or possessed 
except from the isl day of November to the 31st ciay of December, both inclusive. 

Jamaica Bay. Sec. 172. Angling shall be lawful in said bay every day of the year. 

Mead w Hens. Sec. 175. Meadow hens, mud hens, gallinule or water chicken or grebe shall 
not be killed or possessed from the i6th day of August to the 31st day of December, both inclusive. 

THOUSAND ISLANDS SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 

Sees, no, III and 112, relative to bass, pike and muscallonge, do not apply to the St. Lawrence 
River and Thousand Islands, where the fol owing special provisions obtain: 

Artie e t > apply to the St. Lawrence River between Tibbet's Point Lighthouse and the 
City ot Ogdensbugh only.— Sec. 320. This article applies exclusively to the waters of the St. 
Lawrence ixiver lying between an imaginary line drawn from Tibbet's Point Lighthouse, about four 
miles southwest from Cane Vincent, to the Snake Island Lighi house, about four miles southwest from 
the city of Kingston in Ontario, and an imaginary line drawn from the northern part of the city of 
Ogdensburgh to the nortuern part of Piescott in Ontario, situated on the opposite side of the St. Law- 
rence River, and to be known for the purposes of this article as " the waters of the Thousand Islands." 

B:ack Bass, Pickerel, Pike, Wall-Eyed Pike and Maskinonge. Close fceason. Sec. 322. 
Biack bass, unJer this article, includes small-mouthed black bass and laree-mouthed black bass, other- 
wise known as Oswego bass. Sec. 323. Black bass, p ckerel, pike and maskinonge, commonly called 
muskallonge, shall not be fished for, caught, killed or possessed in the waters of the Thousand Islands, 
between the i-^t day of January and the 9th day of June, both inclusive. 

Fishing Through the Ice.— Sec. 324. No fish shall be fished for, caught or killed in any manner, 
or by any device, throii.;h the ice in the waters of the Thousand Islands, between the ist day of January 
and the 9th day of June, inclusive. 

Black Bass Length —Sec. 325. No black bass less than ten inches in length shall be intentionally 
taken alive from the waters of the Thousand Islands, nor shall the same be killed or possessed, and in 
case any such fish is caught, the person taking it shall immediately place such fish back in the water. 

Lirr.it as to Catch of Black Bass.— Sec. 326. No person shall take, catch, kill or possess m-ore 
than twelve black bass of the size permitted by this article in ai y one day. Where two or more persons 
are fishing or angling from the same boat the aggrega e number of bass taken, caught, killed or pos- 
sessed by the occupants of said boat in any one day shall not exceed twenty-four. 

Fishing by Certain Dev.CiS Prohibited.— Stc. 327. No fish shall be fished for, caught or killed 
in any manner or by any device except angling in the waters of the 1 housand Islands, except that it 
shall be lawful to take minnows for bait in the manner provided for by Sec. 145 of this act ; provided, 
however, that if any black bass, pickerel, pike, wall-eyed pike or maskinonge are taken in such nets 
they shall be immediately returned to the waters alive. 

Duty of An 'I rs to Exhibit thfir Catch ot Fsh.— Sec. 329. Every person fishing in the waters 
of the Thousand Islands shall, whenever requested by any fish and game protector, permit such pro- 
tector to inspect and examine the fish taken by him or in his possession, or in ttie boat ( ccupied by him, 
and the implements by which the same were taken, and in case of his refusal to permit such examina- 
tion or inspection he shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and also be liable to a penalty of $25 for 
each such refusal. Sec. 330. In case any angler or person fishing in the waters of the Thousand Islands 
shall, upon the request ot any fish and game protector, refuse permission to such protector to inspect 
and examine the fish taken by him. or in his possession, or in the boat occupied by him, or the imple- 
ments by which the same were taken, such inspector shall have power and he is hereby authorized, 
with or without a search warrant, to examine the contents of such boat, or of any box, locker, basket, 
crate or other package therein, or in the possession of such angler or person so fishing, for the purpose 
of ascertaining whether the provisions of this article have been violated, and to use such force as may 
be necessary lor the purpose 01 such examination. 

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48 The Game Laws in Brief. — Ohio. 

OHIO. 

Song Birds. — Revisea Statutes. — Sec. 6960 [as amended 1896]. No person shall, 
at any time, catch, kill or injure, any sparrow, nuthatch, warbler, flicker, vireo, wren, 
robin, cat-bird, tanager, bobolink, bluejay, oriole, grosbeak, creeper, red-start, wax- 
wing, woodpecker, hummingbird, lark, cuckoo, thrush, swallow, blue-bird, bunting, 
red-wing, starling, purple-martin, brown-thrasher, American goldfinch, chewink or 
ground robin, pewee or phoebe-bird, chick-a-dee, titmouse or eagle. No person shalU 
at any time, destroy the eggs or nests of any of the birds named in this section. Pro- 
vided that nothing in this act shall prohibit the killing of the house sparrow at any 
time, or prohibit the killing of the American robin, by tha owner or tenant of any 
premises where it is found destroying berries or fruit growing on such premises. 

Game Birds, Rabbit, Squirrel, Water Fowl. — Sec. 6961 [as amended 1896]. 
No person shall, on any place, catch, kill or injure, or pursue with such intent, any 
quail, except between the loth day of November and the 15th day of December, in- 
clusive; or any prairie chicken, rabbit or squirrel, except between the ist day of Sep>- 
tember and the 15th day of December, inclusive; or any woodcock, except between 
the 4th day of July and the 15th day of November, inclusive; or any rail, snipe, kill- 
deer, plover, coot or mud-hen, or any wild duck, except between the ist day of Sep- 
tember and the loth day of April, inclusive. 

No person shall, at any time, catch, kill or injure, or pursue with such intent, any 
wild duck or wild goose, by the aid or use of any swivel or punt gun, or any other gun 
than a common shoulder gun; or with the aid of, or from any sink-boat or battery, or 
by the use or aid of any steam boat, naphtha launch, electric launch sail-boat, steam 
launch, or any kind of boat whatsoever, except a common row-boat, propelled by oars. 

No person shall, at any time, catch, kill or injure, or pursue with such intent, any of 
the birds, game or animals mentioned in this act, with or by the use of any trap, net 
or snare, or destroy any of the eggs or nests of any of the birds named in this section. 
No person shall kill any wild duck on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday of any week, on 
any of the reservoirs belonging to the State of Ohio, or in or upon the waters of Lake 
Erie, and the estuaries and bays thereof; but nothing herein shall be so construed as to 
authorize the killing, catching or pursuing with such intent, any wild duck on Sunday. 

No person shall hunt or shoot or trap, or have in possession in the open air for such 
purpose, the implements for the hunting, shooting or trapping of the same, on the first 
day of the week, called Sunday. 

No person shall shoot at or kill any wild duck before six o'clock in the forenoon, or 
after five o'clock in the afternoon, of any day. Any person violating any of the pro- 
visions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined 
as provided in section 6968. Provided that nothing herein shall be construed so as to 
prohibit the killing of rabbits or squirrel by the owner or tenant of any premises 
where such animals are found injuring grain, fruit trees, shrubbery or vegetables. 

Rabbits. — [Forbidden to use ferrets on premises of another without permission.] 

Deer, Pheasants. — Sec. 6963 [as amended 1896]. No person shall catch, kill or 
injure, or pursue with such intent, any deer, Mongolian, English or ring-neck pheasant 
before the loth day of November, 1900; or after said date, except between the loth day 
of November and the 15th day of December, inclusive. Provided that nothing herein 
shall prevent persons from having in possession Mongolian, English or ring-neck 
pheasants, or deer in private inclosures for the purpose of domestication or propaga- 
tion. 

Sale, Possession, Transportation. — Sec. 6964 [as amended 1896]. Whoever pur- 
chases, sells, exposes for sale, or has in his possession any quail, wild turkey and ruffed 
grouse, except between the loth day of November and the 15th day of December, 
inclusive ; or any squirrel, dove, prairie chicken, except between the ist day of Septem- 
ber and the 15th day of December, inclusive ; or any woodcock except between the 4tb 
of July and the 15th day of November, inclusive; or any snipe, rail, killdeer, 
plover, coot or mud hen, or any wild duck, except between the ist day of September 

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The Game Laws in Brief. — Ohio. 49 

and the loth day of April, inclusive ; or any Mongolian pheasant, ring-neck or English 
pheasant, before the loth day of November, 1900; or after that date, except between 
the loth day of November and the 15th day of December, inclusive ; or any of the 
song or insectivorous birds mentioned in section 6960, shall be fined as provided in 
section 6968 ; provided that the provisions of this act shall not be construed as appli- 
cable to any common carrier into whose possession any of the birds, game or animals 
herein mentioned shall come into the regular course of their business for transporta- 
tion, whilst they are in transit through this State from any place without this State 
where the killing of said birds, game or animals shall be lawful, but nothing in the pro- 
visions of this act shall prevent anyone having in his possession wild deer during the 
time when the killing thereof is made penal. 

Killing for Sale or Export, Exportation. — Act April i, 1S96. — Sec. i. That 
no person shall at any time kill any quail, ruffed grouse or pheasant, or any Mongolian, 
English, or any ring-neck pheasant, for the purpose of conveying the same beyond the 
limits of this State, nor for the purpose of sale in the markets of this State, or shall 
transport, or have in possession with intent to procure the transportation beyond said 
limits, any of such birds killed within this State. The reception by any person within 
this State of any such birds for shipment to a point without the State shall be prima 
facie evidence that said birds were killed within the State for the purpose of carrying 
the same beyond its limits. 

Bass Length. — Sec. 6968. No person shall catch or have in his possession any 
black bass of less than six inches in length. 

Fish Close Season. — Sec. 6968^? (i). Whoever, during the spawning season of 
brook trout, or salmon, or land-locked salmon, or California salmon, which season is 
hereby defined to extend from the 15th day of September in each year to the 14th 
day of March inclusive, in the year following, shall catch any brook trout, salmon, 
land-locked salmon, or California salmon, shall be punished. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 

Deer — Exportation of Deer and Wild Turkey — Code of 1884, Chap. 62. — 
Sec. I. No person shall kill any deer from the 15th day of December to the 15th 
day of September following. No' person shall hunt any deer with dogs. No person 
shall kill any fawn when in its spotted coat. And no person shall at any time kill or 
have in possession, except while alive, any deer or wild turkey, or any part of the 
same, with the intention of transporting the same beyond the limits of this State. 

Jack Salmon, White Salmon, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon.— Sec. 
4. It shall not be lawful to catch any jack salmon, or white salmon, between the ist 
day of April and the 15th day of June; nor to catch any brook trout or landlocked 
salmon, between the ist day of September and the ist day of January. 

Virginia Partridge, Wild Turkey, Ruffed Grouse, Pheasant, Pinnated 
Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Wildfowl.— Sec. ii. It shall be unlawful to kill any 
quail or Virginia partridge, between the 20th day of December and the ist day of 
November following; or any wild turkey, between the ist day of January and the 15th 
day of September; or any ruffed grouse, pheasant, pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, 
between the ist day of January and the ist day of November; or any blue-winged 
teal, mallard or wood duck or any other wild diick, wild goose or brant, at any time 
between the ist day of April and the ist day of October; or any snipe, except be- 
tween the 1st day of March and the ist day of July; or any woodcock, except between 
the 1st day of July and the 15th day of September. And it shall be unlawful, by the 
use of any swivel or pivot gun, or any other than the common shoulder gun, or by 
the aid of any push boat, or sneak boat, used for carrying such gun, to kill any wild 
duck, goose or brant. 

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CO The Game Laws in Brief. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 

Sale of Game. — Act approved Dec. 22, 1892 [as amended by Act approved Dee. 
22, 1893]. Sec. I. It shall not be lawful to sell, or expose for sale, any partridge, 
quail, woodcock or pheasant, deer or wild turkey, within the State of South Carolina 
for the space of five years. 

Export of Game.— Sec. 2. It shall not be lawful to export out of the limits of 
the State of South Carolina, any partridge, quail, woodcock or pheasant, deer or wild 
turkey for the space of five years. 

Non-Resident Licenses. — Sec. 3, All persons not citizens of the State and 
visiting in the State for the purpose of shooting game of any kind, shall pay a license 
of $25 to the county treasurer of the county where the visitor may be. Any person 
not obtaining said license before hunting or shooting, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50, or be 
imprisoned not more than thirty days for each offense: Provided, that this act shall 
not apply to any person hunting or killing game on his own land. 

Mongolian Pheasants, — Act of Dec. 22, 1893. Sec. 2. For the space of tea 
years from the date of the passage of this act it shall be unlawful to kill at any time 
any Mongolian or ring-neck pheasants. 

For other game seasons see index. 



MICHIGAN. 

Export of Fish and Game.— Chap. 196, Laws 1893. — Sec. 2. No person shall 
at any time kill any of the birds, game or fish of this State, the killing of which is at 
any time or at all times prohibited by law, with intent to ship the same beyond the 
limits of this State. 

Deer in Certain Counties. — Chap. 97, Laws 1893. — Sec. i. No person shall 
kill any deer in counties of Lapeer, Huron, Sanilac, Tuscola, Macomb and St. Clair, 
until after Jan. i, 1903. 

Mongolian and English Pheasants. — Act No. 38, Laws 1895. — Sec. i. No 
person shall kill any Mongolian and English pheasants until the 1st day of November, 
1900, and then only from the ist day of November to the 15th day of December in- 
clusive in each year. Sec. 2. No person shall for a period of 10 years from the 
passage of this act sell or ship or transport outside of this State any Mongolian or 
English pheasant. 

License for Hunting Deer.— Chap. 276, Laws 1889.— Sec. ?.t [added by Act 
approved June 8, 1S95]. Every non-resident of the State of Michigan who engages in 
the hunting or killing of deer in any county of the State of Michigan shall be required 
to take out a license from the county clerk of the county where he proposes to locate 
ills camp during the open season. Each and every person not a resident of the State 
of Michigan shall pay a license fee of $25. Such license shall allow such person to 
hunt or kill deer in any county of the State for the open season of the calendar year 
of which the license bears date. Sec. 27 [added 1895]. Every resident who has 
resided in the State of Michigan for six months, who proposes to hunt or kill deer in 
the State, shall take out a license from the county clerk of the county where he resides, 
which license shall be certified to by two witnesses or by the county clerk of said 
county, showing that the person to whom it is issued is a bona fide resident of the 
county where the license is issued. The fee for the issue of such license to a resident 
of the State of Michigan shall not exceed 50 cents. All licenses shall continue in 
force only during the hunting season of the year in which such license shall be issued. 
No person licensed under this act shall be allowed to kill more than five deer in any 
one year, and there shall be attached to each deer or part of deer shipped one coupon 
from said license, which coupon shall be signed and detached by the person to whom 
the license is issued in the presence of the shipping agent at the point of shipment. 
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The Game Laws in Brief. — Michigan. 5i 

MICHIGAN. 

Deer. — Act of July 6, 1889. — Sec. i [as amended 1895]. No person shall pursue or 
kill any deer in this State, save only from the ist day of November to the 25th day of 
November, both inclusive, in each year. Sec. 2. No person shall kill at any time 
any deer when it is in its red coat, or any fawn when it is in its spotted coat. Sec. 3. 
No person shall, at any time, kill or capture any deer in the waters of any streams, 
ponds or lakes. Sec. 4. No person shall kill or capture any deer by means of any 
pit, pitfall or trap. Sec. 5. No person shall make use of any artificial light in hunt- 
ing deer. Sec. 6. No person shall make use of a dog in hunting, pursuing or killing 
a deer. 

Wild Turkey. — Sec. 8. No person shall kill any wild turkey at any time except 
from the ist day of November to the 15th day of December inclusive. 

Woodcock. — Sec. 9. No person shall kill any woodcock, save only from the 15th 
day of August to the 15th day of December. 

Wildfowl, Snipe. — Sec. 10. No person shall kill any wild duck, wild goose, or 
Other wild water fowl or snipe,- save only from the ist day of September in each year 
to the 1st day of January in the year following; provided, that it shall be lawful to 
hunt and kill jack-snipe, red-headed, blue-bill, canvas-back, widgeon [and] pin-tail 
ducks and wild geese, between the ist day of September in each year and the ist day 
of May next following. 

Ruffed Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, Colin, Quail.— Sec. 12. No person shall 
kill any ruffed grouse, sometimes called partridge, or pheasant, except from the ist 
day of November to the 15th day of December inclusive; or any colin or quail, 
sometimes called Virginia partridge, save only from the ist day of November to the 
15th day of December inclusive; provided, that in the Upper Peninsula, partridge, or 
ruffed grouse, may be killed from the ist day of October to the ist day of January in- 
clusive. 

Pinnated Grouse, Prairie Chicken. — Sec. 13. No person shall kill any pinnated 
grouse or prairie chicken until the ist day of September, 1894, and thereafter only in 
the months of September and October in each year. 

Punt Gun, Battery — Dogs in Close Season. — Sec. 15. No person shall make use 
of any swivel or punt gun or sink-boat or battery for killing wild duck or other wild 
waterfowl, nor shall any person or persons molest, harass or annoy, any game bird 
during the closed season by any means whatever, nor shall any person break, train or 
practice, any dog upon any game birds during the closed season. 

Exporting from the State. — Act No. 151, Laws 1881. — Sec, i. No person 
shall, at any time, kill or expose for sale, transport or have in his possession, any deer, 
ruffed grouse, colin or quail, pinnated grouse, nor wild turkey, or any part of the 
carcass of the same, after the same has been killed, for any purpose except for con- 
sumption as food within this State. 

Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Grayling, Muskallonge, Bass. — Act of May 24, 
1889. — Sec. I. No person shall catch any speckled trout, landlocked salmon, grayling 
or California trout, from the ist day of September in each year, until the ist day of 
May following thereafter; nor shall any person catch any muskallonge, or any black, 
strawberry, green or while bass, by any means whatever, except by hook and line, 
from any such lake, river or stream, from the ist day of March in each year to the ist 
day of July following thereafter. 

Size of Fish. — Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful to kill any brook trout, speckled trout, 
California trout, land-locked salmon or grayling, of a less size than 6 inches in 
iength. 

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52 The Game Laws in Brief.— Utah. 



UTAH. 
Act March 30, 1896. 

Fish. — Sec. 12. It shall be unlawful for any person to take any fish, except carp, 
chubs, suckers and mullet, from any of the waters of this State, by 'any means or device 
whatsoever, except by means of hook and line, commonly known as angling, and that 
only between the ist day of July of each year and the 15th day of January following. 
Sec. 13. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, kill, destroy or to have in his pos- 
session at any time, any hsh except carp, chubs, sunfish or silverside less than eight 
inches long, or to take or have in his possession any trout or bass whatever at any time 
after the 14th day of January and before the 15th day of July following. Sec. 15. It 
is hereby made unlawful for any person to take, kill or have in his possession any shad, 
catfish, whitefish, perch, rock bass, crappie, rainbow trout, goldfish, silverfish or silver 
eels, for a period of three (3) years after the passage of this act. [For lawful amount 
of trout see Sec. 27.] 

Big Game. — Sec. 22. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill, wound, ensnare 
or trap within this State for a term of three (3) years from the passage of this act any 
elk, deer, buffalo, bison, antelope or mountain sheep, or any fawn or young of any of 
said animals. Sec. 23. It shall be unlawful for any person to pursue with any dog or 
dogs any of the animals mentioned in Sec. 22 of this act. 

Partridge, Pheasant, Prairie Chicken, Grouse.— Sec. 24. It shall be unlawful 
for any person to kill, ensnare, net or entrap, or have in his possession within the State 
any partridge, pheasant, prairie chicken or grouse after the ist day of December and 
before the ist day of August following of any year ; or to rob or destroy the nest, eggs 
or young of any of the birds mentioned in this section. [But as to prairie chicken 
(pinnated grouse) see Sec. 30.] 

Sage Hen. — Sec. 25. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill or have in his pos- 
session any sage hen after the ist day of March and before the ist day of August fol- 
lowing in any year. 

Insectivorous Birds.— Sec. 26. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill, ensnare, 
net, entrap, at any time in any year any gull, owl, hawk, dove, lark, whippoorwill, thrush, 
swallow, snowbird, bobolink, woodpecker, or other insectivorous birds, except the 
English sparrow, or to rob or destroy the nest, eggs or young of any of said birds men- 
tioned in this section. 

Wild Fowl; Size of Gun ; Lawful Catch of Trout.— Sec. 27. It shall be un- 
lawful for any person to take, kill, wound, destroy, shoot at, or have in his possession 
any wild goose, wild duck, snipe, brant or swan, between the 1st day of April and the 
1st day of October followisg, or to rob or destroy the nests, eggs or young of any of 
said birds mentioned in this section, or to take, kill, wound or shoot at any of the birds 
mentioned in this section between sunset and one hour before sunrise ; and it shall be 
unlawful for any person to use any gun larger than a ten (10) gauge while lawfully 
hunting for fowl or birds during the open season ; and it shall be unlawful for any per- 
son to take, kill or have in his possession in any one day more than fifteen pounds of 
trout. 

Export of Game and Fish.— Sec. 29. It shall be unlawful for any person or per- 
sons at any time to ship or cause to be shipped, carried or transported out of the State 
any of the animals, birds or fish, except carp, chubs, suckers and mullet, or any part 
thereof mentioned in this act. 

Mongolian Pheasant, English Pheasant", Pheasant, Pinnated Grouse, Quail. 
— Sec. 30. Any person who shall hereafter at any time within the State wilfully kill, 
wound, ensnare, trap, shoot at or have in his possession any birds commonly known 
as the Mongolian or Chinese pheasant, English pheasant or any pheasant, pinnated 
grouse or quail, except the quail found in southern Utah commonly known as the Cali- 
fornia quail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

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The Game Laws in Brief. — Delaware, Kansas. 53 



DELAWARE. 

Partridge, Quail, Pheasant, Rabbit. — Act April 30, 1895. — Sec, i. It shall be 
unlawful to kill any partridgfe, quail, pheasant or rabbit before the ist day of Decem- 
ber, A. D. 1895; and after the 31st day of December. A. D. 1895, it shall be unlawful 

Reed-Bird, Ortolan, Rail, Wildfowl, Woodcock. — Chap 507 Vol. 17.— Sec. i 
[as amended 1S93]. It shall be unlawful to kill any reed-bird, ortolan or rail, in either 
of the counties of this State, between the ist day of February and the ist day of Sep- 
tember; or any wild goose, swan, brant, or any wild duck, except the summer or wood- 
duck, between the 15th day of April and the ist day of October in any year; provided 
that nothing in this act shall prevent the shooting of woodcock between the ist day of 
July and the 15th day of September. 

f Woodcock. — There is no close season for woodcock.] 

Wildfowl — Swivel Gun — Artificial Light. — Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful 
to kill any wildfowl with a swivel or punt gun, or with any gun other than such as 
are habitually raised at arm's length and fired from the shoulder, or to kill any of said 
birds with the aid of any artificial lights or lantern. Chap. 655, Laws 1893. — Se(.:. 2. 
It shall be unlawful to shoot any species of ducks on the marshes in or bordering on 
this State in the night time — that is to say, from one hour after sunset to one hour 
before sunrise. 

Game Protected in Snow.— Chap. 100, Laws 1887. — Sec. i. That it shall be 
unlawful for any person to hunt, kill or destroy, while the ground is covered with 
snow, any partridge, grouse, quail, woodcock, rabbit or hare. 

Non-Residents. — Chap. 100, Vol. 18. — Sec. i. That it shall be unlawful for any 
person not a citizen of this State to hunt, kill, take or destroy any partridge, grouse, 
quail, woodcock, rabbit or hare, reed-bird, ortolan or rail, unless he shall have first 
obtained a license from the " Delaware Game Protective Association." [Delaware 
Game Protective Association, Wilmington, Del. License fee, first year, $5; afterwards 
$2 per year.] 

Exportation— Non-Residents. — Chap, 137, Laws 1 891. — Sec. i [as amended by 
Chap. 654, Laws 1893]. That it shall be unlawful for any person to ship, take or 
carry out of this State any quail, partridge, robin, woodcock or wild rabbit, dead or 
alive, for purposes of sale or otherwise. And it shall also be unlawful for any person 
who is a non-resident of this State to ship or carry away any quail, partridge, robin, 
woodcock, Wilson or English snipe, or wild rabbit, dead or alive, from one county to 
another county in this State, for the purposes of sale or otherwise. 

[Black Bass, Trout. — There are no restrictions as to season for hook and line 
fishing, nor as to size of fish taken with hook and line.] 



KANSAS. 

Birds. — Chap. 97, Laws 1893. — Sec. i. It shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons, at any time to catch, kill, shoot, trap or ensnare any partridge, prairie 
chicken, grouse, quail, pheasant, oriole, meadow lark, redbird, mockingbird and blue- 
bird; provided, that no provisions of this act sha 1 apply or interfere with persons who 
may have in their possession or ra.se for saU any b'rds as >ets, or may at any time 
catch, kill or entrap any of vne birds mentioned in this section on his or her own 
premises, contro'led by such person for his or he. own use. [l^o close time is pre- 
scribed for wildtowl, snipe, plover and curlew.] 

Black Bass.— Act in effect April 5, 1895.— Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to capture any black bass between the 1st day of April and the 1st day of July; 
oa- at any time to take any black bass of less than eight inches in length. 



54 The Game Laws in Brief.— Florida, Tennessee. 

FLORIDA. 

Deer. — Act approved June i, 1895. — Sec. 2. The county commissioners of each 
county shall select eight consecutive months in each year within which deer shall not 
be killed. They shall publish said order in some newspaper of the county in two 
issues, and one copy shall be posted at the door of the courthouse. Any person who 
shall kill, except upon his own enclosed premises, any deer during the months a> 
designated shall be fined. 

Fire-Hunting Deer. — Act of May 19, 1891, — Sec. 3. That no person shall at any 
time hunt wild deer in the night time by means of fire, lamp or any artificial light. 

Wild Turkey, Quail, Partridge. — Sec. 3. No person shall kill, except upon his 
own enclosed premises, any wild turkey, quail or partridge, save only from the 1st day 
of November until the 15th day of March of any year. No person shall kill, except 
upon his own enclosed premises, more than four turkeys and no more than twenty-five 
quail, and no party more than fifty quail in one day. 

Transportation. — Sec. 4. Any person who shall ship any venison, wild turkey or 
quail beyond the limits of the county in which the same was killed shall be punished; 
provided, hunting parties may take their own game home with them in this State, but 
not for sale. 

Pheasant. — Any person who shall kill a pheasant at any time within the next five 
years shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and any person who shall hunt upon the en- 
closed or unenclosed and posted lands of another, without permission, shall be like- 
wise punished. 

Birds of Plume. — Chap. 4050 (No. 41, Laws 1891). — Sec. i. That it shall be 
unlawful for any person to kill in this State, for the purpose of sale or commercial 
traffic, any of the following named plumed birds: that is to say, any crane, egret, ibis, 
curlew or heron. 

Fish. — There are no close seasons. 



TENNESSEE. 



Deer. — Chap. 171, Laws 1889. — Sec. i. That it shall be unlawful to kill deer fcg 
profit in the State of Tennessee; provided, however, that all citizens of Tennessee be 
allowed to kill deer for their own consumption, from the ist day of August to the ist 
day of January of each year. 

Quail, Partridge. — Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful to kill quail or partridges for 
profit in the State of Tennessee; provided, that any citizen of this State may kill quail 
or partridges for profit on his own land, but not elsewhere, nor at any other season of 
the year than from the ist day of November to March the ist of each year. 

Fire-Hunting. — Code of 1884. — Sec. 2201. Every person hunting deer or other 
animals by fire and with a gun, in the night time, is liable to a penalty of fifty dollars. 

Deer, Wild Turkeys. — In certain counties. — Act of March 29, 1893. — Sec. i. 
That it shall be unlawful for any person to kill any wild deer in Bledsoe, Cumberland, 
Rhea, Fentress, White, Hamilton, Warren, Johnson, Hancock, Unicoi, DeKalb and 
Montgomery counties from Dec. ist to Sept. 30th of each year; and that it shall be 
unlawful for any non-resident of the State of Tennessee to hunt, kill or capture any 
wild turkeys in Bledsoe, Rhea, Fentress and White counties from May 1st to October 
1st of each year. [With respect to counties named this act supersedes Chap. 171, 
Laws 1889.J 

County Laws. — Chap. 159, Laws 1S95, forbids killing partridges in Grainger and 
Hamilton counties from April i to Oct. I. Chap. 161 forbids killing deer for a period 
of five years in counties of Anderson, Clairborne, Campbell, Cocke, Morgan, Scott and 
Union. 



The Game Laws in Brief. — British Provinces. 55 



The British Provinces. 



CANADIAN DUTY ON GUNS AND RODS. 

The duty is 30 per cent, of the appraised value. 

Memorandum. No. 492 B. 

Customs Department, Ottawa, July 4, 1891. — Collector of Customs: I am 
now instructed by the Honorable the Minister of Customs to authorize you to accept 
entry and duty on the guns, fishing rods and other equipments of parties visiting 
Canada for sporting purposes, with the condition that the duty so paid will be refunded 
on proof of exportation of the same within a period of two months from the date of 
entry. J. "Johnson, Commissioner of Customs. 

Memorandum. No. 556 B. 

Customs Department, Ottawa, June 14, 1892. — Collector of Customs: Refer- 
ring to Memo. No. 492 B, of July 4, 1891, re sportsmen's guns, etc. * * * You 
will also inform all entering their outfits that if they expect under the terms of the 
memorandum a refund of the duty paid, it can only be granted on condition that the 
claim bears a Canadian customs officer's certificate of identification and the usual evi- 
dence of exportation, W. G, Parmelee, Commissioner of Customs. 



ANGLERS' PERMITS IN INLAND WATERS OF CANADA. 
Order in Council, Adopted June 30, 1894. 

1. No person, other than a British subject, shall angle for fish or take any bass, 
maskinonge, pike-perch (pickerel) or trout, in Canadian waters, without having first 
obtained therefor an angler's permit, issiued by the local fishery officer in each district, 
under the authority of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. 

2. Each person, not a British subject, shall pay for such angler's permit, a fee of $5 
for a period of three months, or a fee of $10 for a period of six months. 

3. One angler's permit only shall be issued to each applicant. Such permit shall 
not be transferrable, and can be legally used only by the person whose name appears 
thereon. Each holder of an angler's permit shall be required to produce and exhibit 
his permit when called upon to do so by any fishery officer. 

4. No person shall use, under an angler's permit, more than one fishing line, pro- 
rided with not more than three hooks. 

5. No person shall, under an angler's permit, take, catch or kill in one day, more 
than 12 bass or pike-perch (pickerel), 20 trout, or 4 maskinonge. 

6. No bass or pike-perch (pickerel) shall be retained or kept out of the water, which 
shall measure less than 10 inches in length, and no trout shall be retained or kept out 
of the water under 6 inches in length, but every person who takes or catches any of 
the fish mentioned, of a less size than the minimum measurement named, shall im- 
mediately return such undersized fish to the water from which they were taken, and 
shall, if possible, liberate such fish alive. 

7. No person holding an angler's permit shall export, sell, or offer for sale any fish 
caught with hook and line. 

g. Nothing in these Regulations shall affect the rights of any person or persons 
holding leases of fishing rights from either the Federal or Provincial authorities. 

10. Foreigners, when temporarily domiciled in Canada, and employing Canadian 
lK)ats and boatmen, shall be exempt from the Regulations requiring permits. 



56 The Game Laws in Brief. 



ONTARIO FISHING LAWS. 

Pickerel. — General Fishery Regulations, July i8, 1889.— Sec. i. No one shall 
-catch any pickerel(dore) between the 15th day of April and the 15th day of May, 
both days inclusive. 

Maskinonge. — Sec. 2. No one shall catch any maskinonge between the 15th 
day of April and the 15th day of June, both days inclusive. 

Whitefish, Salmon-Trout. — Sec. 3. No one shall catch any whitefish or salmon- 
trout between the ist and 30th days of November, both days inclusive. 

bpeckled Trout. — Sec. 4. No one shall catch any speckled trout between the 
15th day of September and the 1st day of May, both days inclusive. 

Bass. — Order in Council, May 13, 1893.— Skc. 2. After the ist day of January, 
1894, the close season for bass in the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec shall be from 
the 15th day of April to the 15th day of June, both days inclusive, in each and every 
year. 

Bass— Tourists.— Act of April 9, 1892.— Sec. 4. The word "Tourist" or 
"Summer Visitor" when used in this act shall include all persons who may be tem- 
porarily visiting, boarding or lodging in aliy locality at a distance of over five miles 
from their usual place of residence. Sec. 5. No tourist or summer visitor shall take 
in any Provincial water or carry away a greater number than one dozen bass upon 
any one day. Sec. 6. Anv summer tourist who shall catch in such waters bass of 
less than ten inches in length, shall forthwith return the same to the water without 
unnecessary injury. 

Speckled Trout. — Sec. 7. No person shall catch in any Provincial waters or 
carry away a greater number than fifty speckled or brook trout on any one day, or 
more speckled or brook trout than in the aggregate weigh more than Hfteen pounds 
on any one day. Sec. 8. No person shall in such waters kill or retain or carry away 
any speckled or brook trout of less than hve inches in lengtli. But when any such 
trout of a length less than five inches shall be taken or caught, the same shall be 
forthwith returned to the water without unnecessary injury. 

Nepigon. — Non-residents must take out a license ($5) to fish in the Nepigon. 
Apply to the Chief Warden. 

Non-resident Angling Permits.— See last page index, "Angling Permits." 

For Thousand Island Waters angling permits are not required. 

ONTARIO GAME LAWS. 

Deer not to be Hunted in the Water.— Chap. 193, Laws 1896.— Sec. i. No 
person shall at any time hunt, pursue, kill, wound or capture any deer in the waters of 
any rivers or lake within the limits of the Province of Ontario, or immedia'.ely after 
leaving such waters, and any person carrying a rifie, carbine or shotgun, and stationed 
in a canoe, skiff, punt or boat of any kind, at or near any place where hunted deer are 
likely to enter the water during the open season, s,\\'A\ prima facie be deemed to be en- 
gaged in hunting or pursuing deer within the meaning of this section. 

Resident's License to Hunt Deer. — Sec. 2 No person who is a resident of and 
doiniciled in the Province of Ontario shall hunt, take, kill, wound or destroy any deer 
without first having obtained a license in that behalf Every such license shall be 
signed by the Chief Fish and Game Warden and countersigned by the Provincial Sec- 
retary or his deputy, and shall be in force for one season only, and the fee for such 
license shall be $2. 

Deer, Elk, Moose, Reindeer, Caribou.— Game Protective Act, 1S93 —Sec. 2. 
No deer, elk, moose, reindeer or caribou shall be killed between the 15th day of 
November and the ist day of November of the following year ; but no moose, elk, rein- 
deer or caribou shall be killed before the 25th day of October, 1900. No one person 

Read pages 2, 3. For any chang^es see index facing back cover. 



The Game Lav^s in Brief. — Ontario. 57 

shall during any one year or season kill more in all than two deer, elk, moose, rein • 
deer or caribou. 

Game Birds, Squirrel, Hare.— Sec 3. It shall be unlawful to kill any grouse, 
pheasants, prairie fowl or partridge, woodcock, snipe, rail, plover or any other water 
fowl or other game bird or animal (including black and gray squirrels and hares) not 
herein otherwise provided for, at any time between the 15th day of December and the 
15th day of September in the following year. 

Or any quail or wild turkeys between the 15th day of December and the 15th day 
of October of the following year. 

Or any swans or geese at any time between the ist day of May and the 15th day of 
the following month of September. 

Or ducks of all kinds at any time between the 15th day of December and the istday 
of the following month of September. 

Notwithstanding anything in this section contained, no wild turkeys shall be killed 
at any time before the 15th day of October, 1897, and no prairie fowl or English or 
Mongolian pheasants before the 15th day of September, 1S97. 

Notwithstanding anything in this section contained, any person may at any time kill 
that species of hares coijmonly known in this Province as the cotton-tail rabbit or any 
species of rabbits. 

Wildfowling Methods. — Skc. 4. None of the contrivances for killing swans, 
geese or ducks, which are described or known as batteries, swivel guns or sunken 
punts, shall be used at any time, and no ducks or other water fowl shall be hunted, 
taken or killed from sail boats or steam yachts 

Night Shooting. — Sec. 4. (2) No person shall kill or shoot at any bird or wild 
fowl protected by this act, between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before 
sunrise. 

Export of Game.— Sec. 6. No person shall at any time kill any deer, elk, moose, 
reindeer or caribou, partridge, quail, woodcock, snipe, ducks of all kinds and any other 
game bird or animal, for the purpose of exporting the same or export the same out of 
Ontario. But any person not a resident and domiciled in the Province who has for 
any year been granted a license under the provision of Sec. 14 of this act, and paid the 
fee therefor, shall, so far as the authority of the Legislature of the Province of Ontario 
extends, be at liberty to export out of the Province the two deer which under the pro- 
visions of this act he is allowed to kill. [But see Export under New Brunswick ] 

Non-Residents. — Sec. 14. No person not a resident and domiciled in the Province 
of Ontario shall be entitled to kill any moose, elk, reindeer, caribou or other deer, otter, 
sable, beaver, or any other game animal or bird referred to in this act, or any other bird 
or animal, whether protected by this act or not, without having first obtained a license 
in that behalf ; every such license shall be signed by the Chief Fish and Game Warden 
and shall be in force for one season only ; the fee to be paid therefor shall be $25. 
Any non-resident who shall obtain a license to hunt in Ontario pursuant to the pro- 
visions of this section shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this act con- 
tained, be at liberty to take with him out of the Province fifty ducks or any less number 
lawfully hunted and taken by him ; provided that before so doing he shall obtain from 
the Chief Warden or any of the wardens a permit authorizing him so to do. The Pro- 
vincial Secretary, any member of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, or the 
Chief Fish and Game Warden may grant a permit to a guest of a resident of the 
Province free of charge for a term not exceeding one week. [See note to Sec. 6.] 

Sunday. — Sec. 24. No person shall on the Lord's day hunt game animals or birds. 

ICE FISHING FOR TROUT IN CANADA. 

Order in Council of June 16, 1892,— Fishing for speckled trout {Salvelinus 
fontinalis) through the ice is prohibited in Canada. 

Read pages 2, 3. For any changes see index facing back cover. 



53 The Game Laws in Brief. — Manitoba. 

MANITOBA. 

Game Seasons. — Act of 1890. — i. None of the animals or birds mentioned in this 
section shall be killed within the periods limited: (a) All kinds of deer, including 
cabri or antelope, elk or wapiti, moose, reindeer or caribou, or the fawns of such 
animals, between the 15th day of December and the 15th day of October following, 
(b) All varieties of grouse, including prairie chickens, pheasants and partridge, between 
the first day of December and the 15th day of September, (c) Woodcock, plover, 
(except the golden plover) snipe and sandpipers, between the ist day of January and 
the 1st day of August; provided, that as to upland plover, said period shall be between 
the ist day of January and 15th day of July, (d) Any kind of wild duck, sea duck, 
widgeon, teal, between the 1st day of May and the ist day of September. 

Quail, Pheasant, Wild Turkey.— Chap. 13, Daws 1893. — No quail, pheasants, 
or wild turkeys shall be killed for a period of three years from the 1st day of April, 1893. 

Wildfowl Batteries, Etc. — 2. None of the contrivances for taking or killing the 
wild fowl known as swans, geese or ducks, which are described or known as batteries, 
swivel guns, sunken punls or night lights, shall be in the possession of any person, nor 
shall they be used at any time. 

Exportation. — 6. No person shall kill any of the animals or birds mentioned in 
this Act for the purpose of exporting the same out of the I'rovince of Manitoba. 
7. No person shall export out of the li.nits of the I'rovince any of the animals or birds 
mentioned in this Act excepting on a special permit from the Minister, and then only 
incase of live animals or birds for purposes of domestication. 

Killing for Private Use. — Act of 1888. — Skc. i. No person shall kill any 
prairie chickens or pheasants, and partridges, except for private use. 4. No person 
or common carrier shall carry such grouse or partridge, except such shall be accom- 
panied by or properly billed by a person claiming to have a right to the same under 
the provisions of Section i of this Act. 

Non-Residents. — Act of 1890. — 8. No person not having a domicile in this Province 
shall, at anytime, kill any of the animals or birds mentioned in this Act without being 
authorized so to do by a license granted by the Minister of Agriculture and Immigra- 
tion, and for which license a fee of $25 shall be payable. Such license shall be valid 
for the whole of the calendar year in which it is issued, unless the said Minister 
deems it necessary to cancel it; provided, that in the discretion of the said Minister a 
permit may be granted to a guest of a resident of the Province free' of charge for a 
term hot exceeding three days. 

Fish. — General Fishery Regulations, July, 1889. — Sec. I. No one shall catch any 
pickerel (dore), between the 15th day of April and the 15th day of May, both days 
inclusive. Sec. 4. No one shall catch any speckled trout between the ist day of 
October and the 1st day of January in each year. 



UNORGANIZED TERRITORIES. 

Act July 23, 1894, in effect Jan. i, 1896. 
fAct applies to those portions of the Northwest Territories not incuded in Assiniboia, Alberta anrf 
.^asketchewan. It applies to Keewa>in. Buffalo, bison, shall i or le killed until 1900. Close seasons: 
Musk ox, March 20 to Oct. 15. Klk, wapiti, caribou, deer, mountain sheep, mountain goat, April i to- 
July 15 and Oct. z to Dec. i. Grouse, partricge, pheasants, prairie chicken. Jan. i to Sept. i. Wild 
swan, ducks, geese, Jan. 15 to Sept. i. Indians, inhabitants, are exempt, ana travelers, explorers and 
surveyors in need of food.] 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 

Trout.— General Fishery Regulations, July 18, 1889.- Sfx. 7. No person shall catch any trout 
between the ist day of October and the ist day of December, botn days inclusive, in each vear. 



The Game Laws in Brief. 59 



NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES. 

Game Seasons. — The Game Ordinance of 1893. — Sec. 2. No elk, moose, caribou, 
antelope, deer, or their fawn, mountain sheep or goat, ^hall be killed between the 1st 
day of F'ebruary and' the ist day of October, (i.) No person shall take more than 
six head of the aforesaid animals in one season except for food for himself or family. 
.Sec. 3. No person shall kill: (i.) Any buffalo; (2.) any grouse, partridg^e, pheasant 
or prairie chicken between the 15th day of December and the 15th day of September; 
(3.) any kind of wild duck between the 15th day of May and the 23d day of August; 
(4.) any plover, snipe and sandpiper between the 1st day of January and the ist day of 
August. [One person may kill in a day only twenty of the birds named in sub-sec- 
tion (2).] 

Wildfowl Methods. — Sec. 5. None of the contrivances for the taking or killing; 
of the wildfowl, known as swans, geese or ducks, which are described as swivel guns, 
batteries, sunken punts, or night lights, shall be used at any time. 

Export. — Sec. ii. No person shall export out of the limits of the North-west 
Territories any grouse, partridge, pheasant, prairie chicken, elk, moose, caribou, 
antelope, or their fawn. 

Non-Residents. — No person, who is not a resident of the Territories, shall kill 
any of the aforesaid animals or birds unless he has obtained from the Lieutenant- 
Governor-in -Council a license on payment of $5, which license shall expire on the 15th 
day of May in each year, (a.) Provided that a license may be granted to a guest of 
any resident free for a term not exceeding five days. 

Fish. — General Regulations, July, 1889. — Sec. i. No one shall catch any pickerel, 
(dor6) between the 15th day of April and the 15th day of May, both days inclusive. 
Sec. 4. No one shall catch any speckled trout {Salvelinus fontitialis) between the 1st 
day of October and the ist day of January. 

BRITISH COLUMBIA. 

Game Protection Act, 1895. 

Cow Elk and Moose, Ewe of Sheep, Hen Pheasant, Quail, English Par- 
tridge and other Birds. — Sec. 3. None of the following animals or birds shall be 
killed at any time, viz.: Cow wapiti (commonly known as elk), cow moose, ewe or 
lamb of the mountain sheep, fawn, English blackbird, chaffinch, hen pheasant, linnet, 
skylark, thrush, robin, all species of quail, English partridge, and gull, or any bird 
known by any of these names, except as regards robin, as is provided in sub-section (<r) 
of Sec. 15. Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to take or destroy in any manner any bird 
#vhich subsists principally on noxious insects. 

Wild Fowl in Victoria. Harbor. — Sec. 5. It shall not be lawful at any time of the 
year to shoot any wild fowl or discharge a firearm within that part of Victoria Harbor 
to the north of a line drawn from Shoal Point, in the City of Victoria, to Work Point, 
in the District of Esquimalt. 

Export.— Sec. 7. No person shall at any time purchase or have in possession, with 
intent to export, or cause to be exported or carried out of the limits of this province, 
or shall at any time or in any manner export, or cause to be exported or carried out of 
the limits of this province, any or any portion of the animals or birds mentioned in 
this act, in their raw state; and this provision shall apply to railway, steamship and 
express companies. Provided that it shall be lawful for any person having a license 
under Sec. 2Q of this act to export, or cause to be exported or carried out of the 
province, the heads, horns .and skins of such animals mentioned in Sec. 21 of this act 
as shall have been legally killed by such license-holder; provided that the provisions 
of this section shall not apply to bear or beaver, marten or land otter. 

Read pages 2, 3. For any changes see index facing back cover. 



6o The Game Laws in Brief. — British Columbia. 



Cock Pheasants. — Sec, 8. It shall not be lawful on the mainland of Britiaii 
Columbia to shoot, capture, trap or by any means destroy cock pheasants. 

Imported Game.— Sec. 9. No person other than the importer, on his own property 
held as a private preserve, shall kill any game birds or animals hereafter imported for 
acclimatization purposes and distributed in any part of the province, until such time a» 
the lieutenant-governor shall appoint. 

Forbidden Fishing Methods.— Sec. 12. No person shall use any explosive or 
poison, net, seine, drag net or other device other than hook and line, nor use salmoa 
roe as bait for the purpose of taking or capturing trout. 

Deer Hides. — Sec. 13. It shall be unlawful to kill deer at any time for their hides 
alone in any portion of this province. 

Dogs for Deer.— Sec. 14. No person shall at any time hunt deer with dogs. 

Close Seasons. — Sec, 15, Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful tm 
kill between sunset and sunrise throughout each year, or within the periods and locali- 
ties hereinafter limited: 

[^a.j lo tne east of the Cascade Range: Blue grouse, ptarmigan, trankhn s or fooli 
hen, and meadow lark, from the i6th November to the 31st day of August, inclusive. 
Wild duck of all kinds, bittern, plover, and heron, from the ist day of January to the 
31st day of August, inclusive, 6k, enacted 1896, To the east of the Cascade Range, 
prairie hen, prairie chicken, and willow and ruffed grouse shall not be caught, killed of 
destroyed or pursued with such intent, for two years from the passage of this act. 

(^.) Throucrhout the Province : Caribou deer, wapiti (commonly known as elk), 
moose, hare, mountain goat, and mountain sheet, from the ist day of January to the 
31st dav of July, inclusive. , ,11 

(c ) West of the Cascades : Any blue grouse, duck, ptannigan, meadow larks or 
deer from the 31st day of January to the 20th day of August, mclusive ; willow 
grouse, or pheasants, from the 2d day of January to the 30th day of September, m- 

<ilusivc 

(r/.) On Vancouver Island: Cock pheasants, from the 2d day of January to the 30th 

day of September, inclusive, , , , , . m u . .i, 

(e.) Mallard, widgeon, and teal, pintail and canvasback, from the ist March to the 

20th August, 

Non-Residents. — Sec. 19. No person who is not domiciled in this province, othef 
than officers and men in Her Majesty's regular army and navy, or in the permanent 
corps of Canadian militia for the time being in actual service in this province, shall at 
any time hunt, kill or take any of the animals mentioned in the next succeeding sec- 
tion, without being authorized thereto by license. Sec. 20. Such license may, on pay- 
ment of a fee of $50, be granted by any Government agent in the province to any 
person who shall apply to him therefor, and shall be valid only for that shooting season 
for which the same has been issued; and such license shall in no case give a right to 
the holder thereof to kill, in addition to the birds mentioned in this act which may be 
killed, more than ten deer, five caribou, five mountain sheep, five mountain goats, two 
bull wapiti or elk, and two bull moose. 

Lawful Number.— Sec. 21. No one shall, during any one year or season, kill more 
than ten deer, five caribou, five mountain sheep, five mountain goats, two bull wapiti 
or elk, or two bull moose. 

Wild Fowl. — Sec, 23. No person shall catch, kill or take more than 250 ducks 
during any one season; nor shall anyone use, for taking or killing wild ducks of any 
kind, 'or geese, contrivances described or known as batteries, swivel guns or sunkea 
punts in non-tidal waters. 

Trespass. — Sec. 25. No person shall at any time enter into any growing or stand- 
ing grain not his own with sporting implements about his person, nor permit his dog 
or dogs to enter into such growing or standing' grain without permission of the owner 
or occupant thereof; and no person shall at any time hunt or shoot upon any enclosed 
land of another after being notified not to hunt or shoot thereon. 

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The Game Laws in Brief.— New Brunswick. 6i 

NEW BRUNSWICK. 

Moose, Caribou, Deer.— Act of April 15, 1S93.— Sec. i. No person shall kill 
any moose, caribou or deer between the 31st day of December and the 15th day of 
September in each and every year. Sec. 2. No person shall, during the time hereby 
allowed for killing moose, caribou or deer in any one year or season, kill more than 
♦wo moose, three caribou or three deer, and no number of persons forming a hunting 
party of three or more shall in any one season kill more than one moose, two caribou 
•r two deer for each member of such hunting party exclusive of guides. Sec. 3. No 
person shall at any time or season kill any cow moose. Sec. 4. No person shall at 
any time hunt, kill or destroy any moose, caribou or deer with a dog or dogs. 

Partridge, Woodcock, Snipe.— Sec. 6. No person shall kill- any partridge 
between the ist day of December in any year and the 20th day of September in the 
year following; nor any woodcock or snipe between the ist day of December in any 
year and the 20th day of September in the following year. 

Wild Fowl.— SilC. 7. No person shall at any time within any of the counties bor- 
dering upon the Bay of Fundy and the counties intersected by the River St. John, be- 
tween the 1st day of January and the ist day of September, or within any of the other 
•ounties of the province between the 15th day of May and the 1st day of September 
in any year, kill any wild black duck, wood-duck or teal, or any other kind of wild 
duck. Sec 9. No person shall take with a net, nor kill with any device or in- 
strument known as a punt gun or swivel, any wild duck, wild goose, brant or other 
wild fowl of the game kind, nor use any artificial lights or flambeaux at night for the 
capture or destruction of any such birds; provided always that the ordinary musket or 
fowUng piece shall not be considered a punt gun or swivel within the meaning of this 
section. 

Hunting Licenses for Moose and Caribou.— Chap. 25, Laws 1896,— Sec 5, 
No person shall be allowed to kill or pursue with intent to kill any moose or cariboo 
*t any time of the year without having first obtained a license for tlie purpose, signed 
by the Chief Game Commissioner, from the County Game Warden, or from the Chief 
Game Commissioner, or from the Office of the Provincial Secretary. Every such license 
shall be in force for one year from the ist day of August, or from the time of its issue 
as aforesaid till the ist day of August then next ensuing ; the fee to be paid therefor 
shall be $2 for residents of the Province and $20 for non-residents. Sec 6. Before the 
issue of the license provided for in Sec. 5 to a non-resident of the Province, the officer 
issuing the same shall require the person applying therefor to enter into a bond to Her 
Majesty in the penal sum of $100, with two different sureties residing within the Prov- 
mce, conditioned for the due observance during the term for which such license is 
jjanted to him of any laws in force in this Province relating to birds and animals. 

Export of Game. — Revised Statutes of Canada, Chap. 33. — Sec 7. The export of 
4eer, wild turkeys, quail, partridge, prairie fowl and woodcock, in the carcass or parts 
thereof, is hereby declared unlawful and prohibited. [This applies to all the Canadian 
Provinces.] 

Salmon. — Sec 7, (a) Salmon shall not be killed between the 15th day of August 
fn each year and the ist day of March ensuing ; providing always, that it shall be law- 
ful to kill salmon with a rod and line in the manner known as fly-surface fishing, be- 
tween the 1st day of February and the 15th day of August. In non-tidal waters fre- 
quented by salmon no one shall fish for, catch or kill salmon, or any other fish, between 
9 o'clock in the evening of every Saturday and 6 o'clock on the following Monday 
morning. 

Trout and Landlocked Salmon. — Sec ii. No person shall catch any speckled 
trout, lake trout or landlocked salmon between the 15th day of September and the ist 
day of May in each year, both days inclusive. 

Angling Permits for Non-Residents.— See "Angling Permits." last page index. 

Read pages 2» 3. For any changes see index facing back cover. 



62 The Game Laws in Brief. — Nova Scotia. 



NOVA SCOTIA. 

Nova Scotia Game Protection Act 1896. 

Game. — Sec. 2. " Game" shall mean and include moose, caribou, red deer, Amer- 
ican elk, beaver, hares, wild rabbits, minks, and animals valuable only for their fur 
(except otters, skunks, woodchuck. raccoon, weasels, bears, wolves, loupcerviers, wild- 
cats and foxes), Canada and ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, pheasants, 
blackcock, capercailzie, ptarmigan, sharp-tailed grouse, woodcock, snipe", blue- winged 
ducks, teal and wood ducks. 

Moose, Caribou. — Sec. 3. No person shall kill any moose or caribou, except front 
the 15th day of September to the 15th day of the following January, both included. 
Sec. 4. No person shall during one year or season kill or take more than two moose 
and two caribou. Sec. 5. Any person or party of huntsmen who may kill a moose or 
caribou shall carry the flesh thereof out of tne woods within ten days after killing the 
animal. Sec, id. Any person who shall hereafter hunt any moose or caribou witk 
dogs shall be liable to a penalty. 

Deer, American Elk.— Sec. 12. No person shall hunt or kill any deer or Americaa 
elk before the ist day of October, A. D. 1904. 

Hare, Rabbit. — Sec. 13. No person shall kill any hare or wild rabbit save from the 
ist day of October in any year to the ist day of the following February. (2.) No 
person shall at any time kill any Newfoundland hare or jack rabbit. 

Birds. -Sec. 17. No person shall take any Canada or ruffed grouse, commonly 
called partridge, save from the 15th day of September to the ist day of December (both 
included) ; and no person shall take any other bird included under the definition of 
"game" in the second section of this act, save from the 1st day of September in any 
year to the ist day of the following March, except in the Island of Cape Breton, where 
the time shall be from the 20th day of August in any year to the ist day of the follow- 
ing March. (2.) No person shall kill any woodcock before sunrise or after sunset. 

Imported Birds. — Sec. 21. It shall not be lawful for any person, atany time of the 
year, to take any pheasant, blackcock, capercailzie, ptarmigan, sharp-tailed grouse, 
spruce partridge, or chukor partridge. 

Song Birds. — Sec. 22. The killing of robins, swallows, sparrows and other smaii 
birds and birds of song, which frequent the fields and gardens, is prohibited. 

Hunting with Dogs.— Sec. 26. It shall not hereafter be lawful to hunt for or pur- 
sue with dogs any of the mammals mentioned in this act from the ist day of February 
to the 1st day of October in each year. 

Non-Resident Hunting License.— Sec. 32. No person not having his domicile 
in the Province of Nova Scotia shall be allowed to kill any of the mammals or birds 
included in the term "game," without first having obtained a license, signed by the 
Provincial Secretary and Chief Game Commissioner, from the clerk of a municipality, 
or from the office of the Provincial Secretary at Halifax, or from a person duly ap- 
pointed to sell such licenses. Every such license shall be in force for one year, from 
the 1st day of August, or from the day of its delivery till the ist day of August 
next ensuing. The fee shall be $10 to kill birds, hares and rabbits, and $30 to kill 
other game. 

Export of Game.— [See under New Brunswick.] 

Salmon.— Sec. 7. (a) Salmon shall not be caught between the 15th day of August 
and the ist day of March in each year ; provided always, that it shall be lawful to kill 
salmon with a rod and line, in the manner known as fly-surface fishing, between the 
1st day of February and the 15th day of August. In non-tidal waters no one shall kill 
salmon or any other fish between 9 o'clock in the evening of every Saturday and 6 
o'clock on the following Monday morning. 

Trout, Landlocked Salmon.— Sec. 10. (a) No person shall catch any speckled 
trout {Salve limts fontinalis), lake trout or landlocked salmon, between the ist day of 
October and the ist day of April in each year, both days inclusive. 

Non-Resident Angling Permit.— [See "Angling Permits" in index on last page.] 

Read pages 2» 3. For any- changes see index facing back cover. 



The Game Laws in Brief. — Quebec. 63 

QUEBEC. 

Deer, Moose, Caribou.— Revised Statutes, 52 Victoria, Chap. 6.— Sec. 8.— Art. 
1396. It is forbidden (i) to hunt, kill or take deer and moose between the ist day of 
January and the ist day of October, in any year ; (2) to hunt, kill or take caribou be- 
tween the ist day of February and the ist day of September, in any year ; (3) to make 
use of dogs for hunting, killing or taking moose, caribou and deer ; but red deer may 
be so hunted, killed or taken in the counties of Ottawa and Pontiac between the 2oth of 
October and the ist of November of each year ; (4) to hunt, kill or take moose and 
deer while yarding or by what is known as "crusting;" (5) to hunt, kill or take 
fawns up to the age of one year of any animals mentioned in paragraphs i and 2. 

Lawful Number. — Art. 1398. No person can, in one season's hunting, kill or take 
alive more than two moose, three deer and two caribou. 

Hare. — Art. 1399. It is forbidden to take any hare between the ist day of Febru- 
ary and the ist day of November. 

Woodcock, Snipe, Partridge, Wildfowl.— Art, 1400. It is forbidden: 

I. To hunt, kill or take (a) any woodcock or snipe between the ist day of February 
and the ist day of September, in each year, and partridge of any kind between the ist 
day of February and the 15th day of September, in each year ; (b) any widgeon, teal 
or wild duck of any kind, except sheldrake, loons and gulls, between the ist day of 
May and the ist day of September, in each year ; (c) any of the birds above mentioned, 
at any time between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise, and during 
such prohibited hours it is also forbidden to keep exposed, under any pretext, lures or 
decoys near a cache, boat or bank. 

Export of Game.— [See general Canadian law under New Brunswick.] 

Bore of Gun. — Art. 1403. It is forbidden, in hunting any of the birds mentioned 
in Art. 1400, to make use of a fire-arm of a caliber greater than 8. 

Non-Resident Permits. — Art. 1415. No person not domiciled in the Province of 
Quebec can hunt therein, unless he holds one of the following permits, that is to say: 

1. A general permit authorizing the hunting and shooting of all the birds and ani- 
mals, the hunting or shooting whereof is regulated by this section, with the exception 
of those mentioned in Art. 1401 [?'. e., song birds] ; 

2. A permit respecting fur-bearing and other animals, authorizing ^e hunting of the 
animals, the hunting whereof is regulated by Arts, 1396 and 1399 ; 

3. A permit respecting wild birds, authorizing the hunting or shooting of the birds, 
the hunting and shooting whereof is regulated by Art. 1400 ; 

4. A permit respecting the same wild birds, authorizing the hunting and shooting 
thereof in and over the islands, bays, dunes or foreshores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

Art. 1416. Every such permit shall be issued by the Commissioner upon payment 
of fees : (a) Permit of the first class, $30 ; (b) permit of the second class, $25 ; (c) 
permit of the third class, $20 ; (d) permit of the fourth class, |io. 

The fee shall, however, be reduced by one-half if the permit is issued to a member of 
any fish and game club which is incorporated under the laws of the Province, and has 
complied with the provisions of such laws. In exceptional cases it shall be lawful for the 
Lieutenant-Governor in Council, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner, to 
reduce the cost of the permits or to issue free permits. Art. 1416a. Mention must be 
made in every such hunting or shooting permit of the region for which it is granted. 

Every hunting or shooting permit shall be good for the hunting or shooting season 
for which it is issued. 

Pickerel. — Sec. 5. No one shall fish for pickerel (dore) between the 15th day of 
April and the 15th day of May, both days inclusive. 

Bass. — Order in Council. May 13, 1893.— Sec, 2 [as amended 1895]. After the ist 
day of January, 1894, the close season for bass in the Provinces of Ontario and Que- 
bec shall be from the 15th day of April till the 15th day of June, both days inclusive. 

^ Read pages 2> 3. For any changes see index facing back cover. 



64 The Game Laws in Brief. — Quebec. 

Maskinonge.— Order in Council, April 12, 1892. — No one shall fish forany maski- 
nonge between the 25th of May and the ist of July. 

Salmon.— Sec. 7. (a) Salmon shall not be fished for, caught or killed, between the 
31st day of July and the ist day of May ; provided always, that it shall be lawful to 
fish for, catch and kill salmon with a rod and line in the manner known as fly-surface 
fishing between the ist day of Febiuary and the 15th day of August in each year. In 
non tidal waters no one shall fish for salmon, or any other fish, between g o'clock in 
the evening of every Saturday and 6 o'clock on the following Monday morning. 

Speckled Trout.— Sec. 8. (a) No person shall fish for any speckled trout between 
the ist day of October and the 30th day of April. 

Gray or Lake Trout, Landlocked Salmon.— Sec. 10. No one shall fish for any 
gray trout or lake trout, and landlocked salmon, between the 15th day of October and 
the 1st day of December, both days inclusive. 

Winanish.- By an order in Council the close season is from Sept. 15 to Dec. i. 

Non-Residents. Revised Statutes, Art. 1378. — 2. Persons having their domicile 
in the Province of Quebec do not require licenses to angle in the waters of the lakes 
and rivers which are not under lease, and which are the property of the Crown. 3, 
Any person not having his domicile in the Province of Quebec who desires to fish 
therein must, before beginning to fish, procure a license to that effect from the Com- 
missioner or from any person by him authorized. The fee required is determined in 
each case by the Commissioner,' but it shall never be less than $10. 

[Angling Permits, .see index on last page.] 

NEWFOUNDLAND. 

Caribou. — Deer Preservation Act of 1889. — I. — Hereafter no person shall kill any 
caribou, except from the 15th day of September until the 15th day of February, both 
inclusive. II. — No one person shall, during any one year or season, kill more than 
five stag and three doe caribou. 

Non Resident Licenses. — III. — No person not actually resident in this Colony 
or its Dependencies shall kill caribou without having first procured a license, issued 
for the season, ^id shall pay for such license an annual fee of $100. V. — The license 
required by this^Act may be issued by a Stipendiary Magistrate, Collector or sub- 
Collector of Customs, a Justice of the Peace and such other officers or persons as may 
be empowered by the Governor in Council for that purpose, the person requiring the 
license first paying therefor a fee of one dollar. 

Exportati n. — VIII. — No person shall export or carry with him out of this Colony 
any venison, or the heads, antlers, skins or other parts of caribou, without first clear- 
ing the same at some Customs House. 

Dogs. — XI. — Any person who shall hereafter kill any caribou with dogs, shall be 
liable to a fine of $25. 

Ptarmigan, Willow Grouse, Partridge. — I. — No person shall kill any ptarmi- 
gan or willow grouse (commonly called partridge), or any other kind of grouse or par- 
tridge, within this Colony between 12th January and 15th September. 

Migratory Birds. — Act of June 11, 1890. — Sec. 2. No person shall kill any 
cuhew, plover, snipe or other wild or migratory birds (excepting wild geese) between 
the 1 2th day of January and the 20th day of August. 

Moose, Elk. — V. — No person shall kill any moose or elk, for a period of ten 
years from the ist of January, 1886. 

Rabbit, Hare. — VIII. — No person shall kill any wild rabbit or hare from the 1st 
March until ist September. 

Salmon, Grilse, Parr, Trout. — Chap. 102. — Sec. ii. No salmon shall be taken 
before the ist dav of May, or after the loth day of September. 

Trout, Char,'Whitefish, Landlocked Salmon. — Chap. 7, Laws 18S8. — Sec. i. 
No person shall catch any kind of trout, char, whitefish. landlocked salmon, or any 
fre-;h-water or any mifi-atory fish between the 15th day of September and the ist 
day of February. 



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shot; how to find out the twist in any rifle barrel, etc. It also contains a full illustrated 
descriptive price list of all the Ideal Cartridge Reloading Tools, and much other 
useful information to shooters, including special instructions on Loading Shotgun 
Shells with Nitro Powders, and the points of superiority claimed for 

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Dealer or Shooter should be without it. It contains go pages of solid information gleaned 
through 25 years' experience. No charge for the Pointers it contains, still stamps for 
postage will not provoke us. Be alive and send for one. Address 

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5 ARE WINNERS at tlie trap and in the field. Get a PARKER if you want to ? 
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IT IS THE LEADER. 

Write us for Catalogue. 

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New York Salesroom, 96 Chambers Street. 



L. C. SMITH 




Ejectors in all Grades from $75.00 to $500.00. 

We are the only manufacturers in the world who guarantee their guns to shoot 
any NITRO POWDER made and not get loose. Send for our new catalogue. 

HUNTER ARMS CO., = Fulton, N. Y. 

.The Progressive Qun Makers 

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= Everybody ..^:^ ^^^ Have a Good Hammerless Cun How 1 

= -'"■; ; ^.sH^I^ A&jK VOLR LOCAL DEALER FOR IT, = 

and if he has not got it, serd direct to us. — 

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= THE TRIUMPH HAMMERLEj^S GUN is manufactured under 

S a patent owned by Charles Lancaster, the greatest of English gun makers. 

= It is anota>le example of what American skill and machinery f*an do in 

= fine gun making. The TRIUMPH is strong and simple In construction, 

— and shoots hard and close. It easily leads all other guns at the trap or in 

— the field, and is produced in such quantity as to be sold far below other Haramerless auns. = 
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ZS agents for the following Guns, Revolvers, Rifles, etc.: Colt, Amith «& Wesson, Winches- — 
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Spratts Patent 

GAME MEAL • • • 

AND 

• • POULTRY MEAL. 



Prairie • Meat • Crissel, 

the best food for game birds. Supplies 
the place of insect food. The best foods in two worlds. 




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—READ THIS— 

New York,' Aug. 4, 1894. 
Spratts Patent^ Neiv York: 

Gentlemen: You will remember 
that on Aug. i I purchased from 
your house some of your "Mange 
Cure" to be used on my Great 
Dane dog Nero. Although the 
case was an aggravated one, it 
gives me pleasure to inform you 
that three applications made a 
complete cure. You are at liberty 
to use this letter in any way you 
wish. Yours truly, 

D. D. Stevens, M.D., 

170 West 54th St. 



Spratts Patent Do§: 

MEDICINES 

Are the Best in the 
World. 



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—AND THIS- 

Washington, D.C., U. S. A., 
Oct. I, 1804 Spratts Patent 
Limited: ' Dear Sirs In my 
expedition to the Arctic regions, 
we used large quantities of your 
biscuits, dog cakes and "armebis." 
"Armebis" is the best combina- 
tion fi od - bread and meat I ever 
saw. It is simply ideal. Our men 
liked it exceedingly, and never 
tired of it. If necessar>', we could 
have sustained life and maintain- 
ed strength upon it alone, and a 
surprisingly small quantity at 
that. _ Our draught dogs thrived 
amazingly upon your dog cakes. 
For our next expedition you may 
be sure your goods will be ordered 
in still larger quantities. 
Sincerely yours, 

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TRAPPERS * HUNTERS 

AND 

RANCHMEN. 




ONEIDA COMMUNITY, LIMITED, 



are the largest makers of Animal Traps in the World. They manufac- 
ture over forty different kinds and sizes, suitable for catching all 
kinds of animals, from Grizzly Bears to Gophers. Illustrated Cata- 
logues, Special Circulars, and Price Lists sent to any address upon 
application. <i» ^* »I- 'h 4* •!* •!« 

Address all orders and correspondence to 

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The Adirondacks 

Great Gates for Game 



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BRANDON (Paul Smith s), BAY POND, WILLIS POND, 

TUPPER LAKE, all on 

NORTHERN NEW YORK R. R. 

• o Sportsmen's Realm is Tupper Lake. • • 

Steamer Altamont makes regular trips. For further information refer to 
statistics in this book or address the undersigned. 

LOW RATES IN HUNTING SEASON. 
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General Manager, General Pass. Agent, 

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I CHEAPEST HOUSE IN AMERICA 

H FOR 

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3 TROUT FLIES, ^ BLACK BASS and 

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Fall of 1894, shipped from the line of the 

MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD 

in the 

zi^^State of Maine 

10,000 DEER ON THE HOOF IN 1895 

(Estimated by Game Commissioners). 
This is une]uestionably the ■ ^:^ 

Greatest BIG GAME Region 

east of the Rocky Mountains. Why? Because '' it is in the wilderness." Maine 
has over i,0oo lakes, and with innumerable rivers and streams presents a network 
of trout and salmon waters unequaled by any State in the Union. 

It would be impossible to name a hundredth part of them in the space devoted in 
this publication to the • . 

Maine Central R. R. |j 

The most noted are the Rangeley Lakes and Dead River Region, reached 

via Portland and Farmington — ten hours from Boston ; the Penobscot Waters, 
Masardis, Fish River, Big Machias, and Portage Lake Region, reached 
via Portland, Bangor and Oldtown — twelve hours from Boston ; Moosehead 
Lake, reached via Portland, Dover and Foxcroft, and via Bangor and Oldtown — 
ten hours from Boston ; Washington County Woods, reached via Bangor, 
Enfield and Mattawamkeag, and via Rockland and Machiasport. 

FULL INFORflATION as to location, methods of reaching, train service, rates 
of fare, etc., to all points contained in the Maine Central Railroad Shooting 
and Fishing Guide, sent on receipt of 4-cent stamp. 

Names of guides furnished, camp secured, and sportsmen put in communication 
with reliable parties for completion of all arrangements, by addressing 

F. E. BOOTH BY, 
General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Portland, Maine. 

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Region, Minnesota. » 

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Shooting and Fishing 

is found in 
MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, 
MONTANA, IDAHO, 

WASHINGTON, OREGON 
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A Fallen Monarch— Montana. 



In the Antelope Country - North Dakota. 

Splendid Train Service 

. . and • • 

FAVORABLE RATES 

. TO • 

SPORTSMEN. 

For pamphlets and information address 
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St. Paul, Minn. 



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= mounted, lined and repaired at reasonable prices. Goods sent out of E 

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These Guns are the most carefully fitted, superbly finished guns in the market. 
The action works easier and smoother than any other gun. The shooting qualities, 
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made. In fact, in guns ranging in prices from $ioo and up, they beat the world. 

We carry the most complete line of Hunting and Sporting Goods 

in America. We mention a few specialties: 
CHARLES DALY HAMMERLESS AND 3=BARREL GUNS. 
SHATTUCK SINGLE BARREL GUNS. 

HARLIN REPEATING RIFLES. 

SWEDISH DOGSKIN COATS. 

"QALE5" HIGH GRADE CYCLES. 

Powell & Hanmer Cycle Lamps (largest makers in the world), HUNTING 

CLOTHING, BICYCLE OUTFITS, Lawn Tennis, 

Base Ball, Gymnasium Goods. 

.^.^FISHINQ TACKLE.—. 

SkM) l-OR CATAI.oiaK OK 

GUN GOODS, ^-^^ 

SPORTING GOODS, 

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I THE TRAPPER'S GUIDE. | 

= A Manual of Instructions for Capturing all Kinds of Fur-bearing E 

= Animals, and Curing their Skins; = 

with observations on the fur-trade, = 

hints on life in the woods, narratives 5 

of trapping and hunting excursions. 5 

By S. Newhouse and other trappers = 

and sportsmen. = 

This is the best book on trapping = 

ever written. It gives full descriptions = 

of all the animals which the American E 

trapper is likely to meet with, tells = 

how they live, how to trap them and = 

how to care for and cure their pelts. E 

No man who is interested in trapping E 

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bears, should be without this complete S 

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Cloth. Illustrated. Price $i.oo. | 




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Everybody knows that FOREST AND STREAM has tens of thousands of . . 
sportsmen readers. Did it ever occur to you that every year between 3,000 -^ 
and 5,000 sportsmen write for it? Take the great West, for instance. West 
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lions; of hunting the deer, the elk, the ^ 
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